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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Conspiracy theorists are going to have a field day. —

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 Yes, the fact-checkers are going to have a field day, especially deconstructing Vance’s conversion from MAGA warrior to Mr. Measured And Even-Keeled. —

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024 Udonis Haslem likely will have a field day with this one. —

Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2024 Wayne Industries Gotham TikTok would have a field day. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for have a field day

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