【明報專訊】In your dictionary you will find that balmy means something soothing (紓緩的), comforting or relaxing. In slang, however, if someone is balmy he or she is silly, foolish - or crazy. Someone must think bats are foolish or crazy, for that's what balmy as a bat means. "Straighten up, Jethrow. People will think you're balmy as a bat," Bonnie scolded.