这个俚语源于农耕社会，在田野上劳作需要花费大量时间和精力，但同时也给予了农民们利用空闲时间进行娱乐活动（如举行庆祝仪式） 的机会。因此，“have a field day”的词义逐渐演变成为“尽情玩乐”，并被广泛使用。现今，“have a field day”已经不再局限于该领域内，并且还可以表示某种程度上对别人的失败或出错所产生的幸灾乐祸的快感和态度。比如说：“如果你认为我明天考试会挂科，那么你可能会‘have a field day’”幸灾乐祸。总之，“have a field day” 本身并没有太多消极/积极含义, 它只取决于具体场景及其使用环境。最后值得一提的是，“have a field day”不仅被用于口语中，也经常在书面上出现。因为它具有趣味性和流行性, 使得这个俚语成为了一个文化符号，深受广大英语使用者的喜爱和青睐。
现在“have a field day” 是一个高频常用的英语口语俚语，意思是：
指某人在做某件事时感到非常开心，或者享受了大量自由时间来做自己喜欢的活动或好好忙活大干一场,痛痛快快地玩或做某事，乐此不疲地干某事，大显身手地做某事，在别人的失败或出错上寻找快乐而幸灾乐祸；大做文章，幸灾乐祸；小题大做，大惊小怪；感到心满意足、得其所愿地做某事：指物时含义是某事自由泛滥
The tabloid press had a field day with the latest government scandal.
这家小报利用最近的政府丑闻大做文章。
The press had a field day with this relationship, often dreaming up weird tabloid stories about the ape as they had for his owner.
新闻界拿两者的关系大做文章，经常会编造一些有关他们的诡异的小报故事。
The paparazzi always seem to have a field day when they catch celebrities doing something embarrassing or scandalous.
当狗仔队拍摄到名人做出尴尬或丑闻行为时，总是感觉自己爽极了。
If our team wins tonight's game, the fans will have a field day celebrating all night long!
如果我们队今晚赢得比赛，球迷们将会开心地庆祝整夜！
When my boss saw that mistake in my report, he had a field day criticizing me in front of everyone.
当我的老板看到报告中的错误时，在大家面前批评我就像他过足瘾了。
Her future boyfriend is going to have a field day with that one.
她将来的男朋友会不停地拿这个开玩笑。
The kids are going to have a field day at the amusement park this weekend.
孩子们这个周末去游乐园肯定会非常开心。
Now that our business is picking up, my wife is having a field day buying new things for our house.
如今我们的生意好啦，我太太正心满意足地为新房子采购新用品。
These days Court TV Cable is having a field day with the O. J. Simpson trial. It has the exclusive right to televise all the court hearings so other TV channels have to depend on them.
这些天，法庭有线电视可风光了，他们有权独家播放辛普森案的法庭审讯过程，而别的电视台都只得依赖它。
The press and her opponents would have a field day digging into the dirty details of her background.
媒体和对手可以痛快地深挖她不堪入目的丑闻。
We had a field day talking about our school days.
我们兴高采烈地畅谈学生时代的事。
In our absence the office gossips are probably having a field day
我们不在的时候，办公室里大概谣言四起了吧。
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I suspect that the lawyers are going to have a field day before it's all sorted out.
我想律师们要好好忙活一通才能把一切都弄停当了。
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we had a field day at the amusement park。
我们在游乐园玩得非常痛快。
The newspapers had a field day when the wedding was announced.
婚礼的消息宣布后，报纸抓住机会大肆报道了一番。
The press is going to have a field day if this story gets out.
如果这个故事泄漏出来，媒体就会大做文章啦。
Our closeness has been noticed. The office gossips are probably having a field day.
我们之间的亲密关系已经被注意到了。办公室爱说长道短的人可能会利用这一点。
Whenever this novelist brings out a new book, the critics have a field day, and she is attacked from all sides.
当这个小说家出了一本新书的时候，评论家们总是很开心可以好好忙活大干一场,，她会受到各方面的抨击。
