field day

1. A day for maneuvers and tactical exercises in the field (across the landscape).

   (military) a day for military exercises and display

2. (US)A school day for athletic events.

   a day for outdoor athletic competition

3. A day of class taken away from school for a field trip.

4. (idiomatic)A great time or a great deal to do; a period of bustling activity.

   They went to the park and had a field day playing on the swings.

5. (idiomatic)A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.

   The reporters will have a field day with a comment like that.

   The scandal was a field day for the press.

6. (Navy, US, specifically)A day on which there is top-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.

1. The farmer plowed his field all day.

   ruКрестьянин целый день пахал поле.

   deDer Bauer pflügte den ganzen Tag seinen Acker.

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2. Today is our school field day.

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3. The media will have a field day.

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4. I plan to watch a game at the baseball field the day after tomorrow.

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5. Smith isn't having a good field day; he's only completed 3 of 10 passes so far.

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