like a bat out of hell

They undoubtedly gave him even greater publicity and notoriety, helping his solo career to skyrocket like a bat out of hell.

My wife shot out of the corner like a bat out of hell and leapt from her truck.

“I jumped in my car and drove like a bat out of hell … jumped in a helicopter and we were flying that day,” Johnson said, recalling risky flights over lava flows.

“I drove like a bat out of hell,” he said.

“He ran like a bat out of hell,” The Boston Globe reported at the time.