Field Day

An enjoyable day or circumstance.



The origin use of this term comes from the military. The literal sense of the term, that is, a day spent in field manoeuvres, is now little used. 'Field day' was a commonly used term in the military throughout the rest of the 18th century. During the 19th century it began to be extended to refer to any event that might happen in a field;





Ex. How was your day out? It was great, we had a field day!



Spanish: fregarse las manos



German: seinen großen Tag haben