Le tour du bâton = Perquisites, illicit profits.
Ce sera mon bâton de vieillesse = He will be my support (consolation) in my old age.
Il lui a battu froid = He gave him the cold shoulder.
[Comp. “Majorum ne quis amicus frigore te feriat.”—Horace, Sat., ii. 1.]
Battre la campagne = 1. (lit.) To scour the country. 2. (fig.) To talk nonsense. 3. (of invalids) To wander. 4. To beat about the bush.
Battre la breloque (berloque) = To talk nonsense.
Battre le pavé = 1. To loaf about. 2. To wander about in search for work.
Tout battant neuf = All brand new.
Battre le chien devant le loup = To pretend to be angry with one person to deceive another.