Learn the English Phrases "to have a field day" and "a day off"

Learn the English Phrases "to have a field day" and "a day off"

From Learn English with Bob the Canadian by Bob the Canadian

July 1, 2026 · 4 min · Season 7 · Episode 63

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This episode teaches the English phrases 'to have a field day' and 'a day off' with examples and context.

In this English lesson, I wanted to help you learn the English phrase to have a field day. When you say someone or a bunch of people are going to have a field day, it means they're going to be really excited and eager and, really looking forward to doing something. I'm sorry, I'm having trouble explaining this one for some reason. Maybe because I'm doing this lesson in the morning. But here we go. Let's say that in the World cup, they found out that the referees were being paid money to decide the outcome of the games. The journalists would have a field day with that information. The people who write news articles would be super eager and excited to interview people and to find out the true story. By the way, this isn't a true story. I'm pretty sure the referees are very impartial and a good judge of the game. But if there was a scandal in World cup, there would certainly be a lot of reporters who would have a field day researching the story and writing about the story and talking about the story. The other phrase I wanted to teach you today is the phrase a day off. Happy Canada Day. It's Canada Day here in Ontario, Canada. I guess it's Canada Day in the whole country. And I have…

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