Definition of have a field day
: 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.
Why do we say have a field day?
Originally, field day was a military term that referred to a day dedicated to military maneuvers, as these military maneuvers occurred in actual fields. During the 1800s the term field day came to mean any day during which exciting or big events occurred.
What is a synonym for a field day?
In this page you can discover 6 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for field-day, like: success, holiday, triumph, outing, picnic and victory.
