have a fine time

have a fine time
(have a fine (good, high, амер. big) time (тж. make a time of it, have a fine, good или high old time))
хорошо провести время, повеселиться [выражение have a good time, широко распространённое в Англии в XVI-XVII вв., в XVIII в. вышло там из употребления, но сохранилось в США, а в XIX в. было заимствовано уже из США в Англию]

‘What do you all smart young people feel about life, nowadays, Fleur?..’ ‘Life?.. We just want to have a good time because we don't believe anything can last. But I don't think we know how to have it.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The White Monkey’, part II, ch. V) — - Как вы воспринимаете жизнь, Флер, вы - современная золотая молодежь?.. - Жизнь?.. Мы просто хотим пользоваться минутой, потому что знаем: все преходяще. Но мне кажется, мы не очень-то умеем пользоваться ею.

Matt and me are off to be married and have a high old time. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book III, ch. 4) — Мэтт и я покидаем эти места; мы поженимся и заживем счастливо, как в старое доброе время.

They had a big time... when he came home drunk. (DAE) — Он им устроил веселую жизнь, когда явился домой пьяным.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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