have a rare old time
Definition
› mainly UK old-fashioned to enjoy yourself very much: We went on a tour of the city's bars and had a rare old time.Taking pleasure in something › UK old-fashioned to have difficulty: We had a rare old time trying to get tickets.Complicated and difficult to doDifficult to understand
(Definition of have a rare old time from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have a mind of its own idiom
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have a nice, good, etc. line in sth idiom
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have a nodding acquaintance with sb/sth idiom
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have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance with sth idiom
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have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a rare old time idiom
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have a roving eye idiom
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have a screw loose idiom
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have a senior moment idiom
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have a sharp tongue idiom
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have a short fuse idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- bask in sth phrasal verb
- bask/bathe in reflected glory idiom
- be a glutton for punishment idiom
- be a great one for sth idiom
- be/go into ecstasies about/over sth idiom
- feast your eyes on sth/sb idiom
- gad about/around (somewhere) phrasal verb
- get off on sth phrasal verb
- get over sth/sb phrasal verb
- glory in sth phrasal verb
- have a ball idiom
- have a field day idiom
- hedonism noun
- luxuriate in sth phrasal verb
- masochism noun
- perk (sb) up phrasal verb
- relish verb
- revel verb
- run to sth phrasal verb (ACTIVITY)
- slaver verb
Topic:
Taking pleasure in something
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