Bat-Signal | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)A thing which serves toattractorsummonsomething.2017, Naomi Klein,No Is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need‎[1]:The power of that promise is part of why Trump's election win was like aBat-Signalfor hatemongers of all kinds.2022, Alyne Hart,Glitter‎[2], page15:"Have youmetmy mom? She's like aBat-Signalfor jerks. I'm never falling in love, Kellan. Ever. It's so stupid."2022, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes,Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams‎[3]:I honked the horn and flickered the lights as abat signalfor my mom to save me.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:Bat-Signal.

Examples:

EN: Wow, the Bat-Signal.
ES: 'Guau. La Batiseñal'.
EN: - The Bat-Signal, commissioner.
ES: - La Batiseñal, comisionado.
EN: Bruce, the Bat-Signal.
ES: Bruce, la Batiseñal.
EN: Come after. And send out the Bat-Signal to all interested parties.
ES: Ve después, y envía la batiseñal a todos los interesados.
EN: So I guess I'm here to send out the Bat-Signal.
ES: Así que estoy aquí para enviarles una Bat-señal.
EN: A Bat-Signal, for listeners who might not know, refers to the children's character "the Bat-Man"
ES: Una Bat-señal, para los oyentes que puedan no saberlo, se refiere al personaje infantil "el Bat-Man"
EN: But except for a Bat-Signal, I get a phone call. Yeah.
ES: Pero, en vez de la señal en el cielo, recibo una llamada telefónica.
EN: Well, once we get the Bat-Signal in the sky, things move along pretty quickly.
ES: Bueno, una vez tengamos la Bat-Señal en el cielo, las cosas ya van bastante rápidas.
EN: Commissioner, I saw the Bat-Signal in the sky.
ES: Comisionado, vi la batí-señal en el cielo.
EN: I say shine that Bat-Signal even for small stuff.
ES: Yo digo que hagamos brillar la Bati Señal incluso por cosas pequeñas.
EN: He was like, You need to send out a Bat-Signal...
ES: y el dijo: necesitamos hacer la señal de Batman... un señal de humo...
EN: A smoke signal... not a Bat-Signal.
ES: no la señal de batman.
EN: Look at that. The Bat-Signal's an app now?
ES: Mira eso. ¿La batseñal ahora es una aplicación?
EN: It's the Bat-Signal, sir.
ES: Es la Batiseñal, señor.
EN: Flip the switch to the Bat-Signal!
ES: ¡Encender la Batiseñal!

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