what's "banner" here mean?
a woman wanna invite a man to somewhere to interview the man for some questions, but man wouldn't wanna to. but woman was really slick and silver-tongued.so the man couldn't refuse her invitation and the man said that:

you're really having a banner evening. you''re batting a thousand tonight.

i wonder what's "banner "here mean? i look for it in the dictionary. but i don't think banner means flag or poster here. so what's "have a banner evening' mean ?is that a slang?

Question

what's "banner" here mean?
a woman wanna invite a man to somewhere to interview the man for some questions, but man wouldn't wanna to. but woman was really slick and silver-tongued.so the man couldn't refuse her invitation and the man said that:

 you're really having a banner evening. you''re batting a thousand tonight.

i wonder what's "banner "here mean?  i look for it in the dictionary. but i don't think banner means flag or poster here. so what's "have a banner evening' mean ?is that a slang?

Answer

Definately slang
"banner" in this case is being used to say she is having a very succesful evening 
She is getting what she wants.

Answer

【美】杰出的,第一流的[B]
This has been a banner year in sales.
这是销路特旺的一年。

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