have a field day
idiom
: to get a lot of pleasure and enjoyment from doing something
—used especially to describe getting enjoyment from criticizing someone, making fun of someone, etc.
If word of his involvement in this scandal ever leaks out, the newspapers are going to have a field day.
Journalists have had a field day with this scandal.
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But our farmers are gonna have a field day right now.
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Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
But our farmers are going to have a field day right now.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
Pick a song, and Drake can have a field day with it, perhaps ultimately challenging Lamar’s record-setting 133.5 million viewers.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2025
The thinking was, no Smith — the NFL’s tackling leader and Baltimore’s defensive signal caller — and the Chargers’ offense could have a field day over the middle.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
But our farmers are going to have a field day right now.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
Pick a song, and Drake can have a field day with it, perhaps ultimately challenging Lamar’s record-setting 133.5 million viewers.
—Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 18 Feb. 2025
The thinking was, no Smith — the NFL’s tackling leader and Baltimore’s defensive signal caller — and the Chargers’ offense could have a field day over the middle.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Have a field day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20field%20day. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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