have a field day

have a field day
have a field day
Fig. to experience freedom from one's usual work schedule; to have a very enjoyable time. (As with children who are released from classes to take part in sports and athletic contests.) •

The boss was gone and we had a field day today. No one got anything done.

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The air was fresh and clear and everyone had a field day in the park during the lunch hour.

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{v. phr.} To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity. * /The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had a field day scoring one point after another./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • have a field day — {v. phr.} To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity. * /The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had a field day scoring one point after another./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • have a field day — to be able to do something you enjoy a great deal, esp. criticizing someone. The newspapers would have a field day if his drinking was ever widely known …   New idioms dictionary

  • have\ a\ field\ day — v. phr. To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity. The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had a field day scoring one point after another …   Словарь американских идиом

  • have a field day — to have the chance to do something that you really enjoy, especially when it causes trouble for someone else …   English dictionary

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  • field day — n. a great success to have a field day (they had a field day with the reporters) * * * [ fiːlddeɪ] [ a great success ] to have a field day (they had a field day with the reporters) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • field day — noun (C) 1 have a field day informal to have a chance to do what you want, especially a chance to criticize someone: When the scandal finally came out, the press had a field day. 2 AmE a day when pupils at a school have sports competitions and… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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