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have a field day

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have a field day
to have an opportunity to do a lot of something you want to do, especially to criticize someone. The newspapers would have a field day if their affair ever became public knowledge.
See also: day, field


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.
See also: day, field

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They could have a field day blasting the bureaucracy for being too slow, too unyielding, and for making Los Angeles an impossible place to do business.
Robin Pulver Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day Rowe Reed 32 pp.
A psychologist could have a field day with a story like this, tracing Mother Angelicas excessive need for certainty back to her tumultuous upbringing.
 
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