have a blast
Meaning: To have a very good time.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “We had a blast at the water park.”
Category: Daily Life
Origin: American slang of the 1950s, when a "blast" meant a noisy party and then any great time. The word's older sense of an explosion lent the idea its energy.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: Prendre son pied — literally: To take one's foot
More idioms — Daily Life
- set alarm bells ringing — To make someone suspect that something is wrong.
- throw the baby out with the bathwater — To discard something valuable while getting rid of what is unwanted.
- the pot calling the kettle black — Said when someone criticizes another person for a fault they have themselves.
- keep one's cards close to one's chest — To keep one's plans or intentions secret.
- be all the rage — To be extremely fashionable or popular for a time.
- avoid like the plague — To stay as far away as possible from someone or something.
More English idioms
- get back on one's feet — To recover after an illness or a setback.
- not sleep a wink — To not sleep at all.
- work oneself into a lather — To become very agitated, anxious or angry.
- lay it on thick — To exaggerate, especially praise or flattery, far too much.
- stake one's life on it — To be absolutely certain that something is true.
- welcome with open arms — To greet or accept someone with great warmth and enthusiasm.
From our untranslatable words
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