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Field Idiom

a level playing field

a place where everyone has an equal chance, level the playing field A level playing field includes equal pay for equal work for all men and women.

level the playing field

make it equal for everyone, a level playing field If we train all employees, we help to level the playing field.

out in left field

not logical or sensible, all wet Don't listen to his advice. He's out in left field.

play the field

date many people, go out with various men/women After a long relationship with Sue, he began to play the field.

in the field of

in the special line of 在…（学术）方面
He made several important inventions in the field of telegraphy．他在电报方面有过几项重要发明。

have a field day

Idiom(s): have a field day

Theme: FREEDOM

to experience freedom from one's usual work schedule; to have a wild time. (As with children who are released from classes to take part in sports and athletic contests.)
• The boss was gone and we had afield day today. No one got anything done.
• The air was fresh and clear and everyone had a field day in the park during the lunch hour.

Be out in left field

(USA) To be out in left field is not to know what's going on. Taken from baseball, when youngsters assign less capable players to the outfield where the ball is less likely to be hit by a young player. In business, one might say, 'Don't ask the new manager; he's out in left field and doesn't know any answers yet.'

Level playing field

If there's a level playing field everybody is treated equally.

Out of the left field

(USA) If something comes out of the left field, it is beside the point and has nothing to do with the matter being discussed.

Field Day

An enjoyable day or circumstance.

far afield|afield|far

adj. phr. Remote; far from the original starting point. When we started to discuss theology. Jack was obviously getting far afield from the subject at hand.

field goal|field|goal

n. 1. A score in football made by kicking the ball over the bar between the goal posts. The Giants were not able to make a touchdown but they kicked two field goals.
Compare: EXTRA POINT. 2. A score in basketball made by a successful shot through the basket not made on a free throw. A field goal counts two points.
Compare: FOUL SHOT, FREE THROW.

have a field day|day|field|field day|have

v. phr. To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity. The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had a field day scoring one point after another.

left field|field|left

n. 1. The part of a baseball out-field to the batter's left. Right-handed batters usually hit to left field.
Compare: CENTER FIELD, RIGHT FIELD. 2. See: OUT IN LEFT FIELD. -

left fielder|fielder|left

n. The player in baseball who plays in left field. The scoreboard in the ball park is on the fence behind the left fielder.

midfield stripe|midfield|stripe

n. The line across the center of a football field; the 50-yard line. The visitors were able to cross the midfield stripe once during the whole game.

out in left field|field|left field|out

adj. phr., informal Far from the right answer; wrong; astray. Johnny tried to answer the teacher's question but he was way out in left field. Susan tried to guess what the surprise was but she was way out in left field. 2. Speaking or acting very queerly; crazy. The girl next door was always queer, but after her father died, she was really out in left field and had to go to a hospital.
Compare: OUT OF ONE'S HEAD.

play the field|field|play

v. phr., informal To date many different people; not always have dates with the same person. Al had a steady girlfriend, but John was playing the field. Jim was crazy about Mary, but she was still playing the field.
Antonym: GO STEADY.

right field|field|right

n. The part of a baseball outfield to the batter's right. Left-handed batters usually hit to right field.
Compare: CENTER FIELD, LEFT FIELD. -

right fielder|fielder|right

n. The outfielder in baseball who plays in right field. The batter hit a high fly ball and the right fielder caught it easily.

cover the field

cover the field
Also, cover the territory or waterfront. Be comprehensive. For example, The review course will cover the field very well, or Bob's new assignment really covers the territory, or The superintendent's speech covered the waterfront on the drug problem. These expressions all employ the verb cover in the sense of “extend over” or “include,” a usage dating from the late 1700s, with the nouns (field, ground, territory, waterfront) each meaning “whole area.”

far afield

far afield
Wide-ranging, at a distance, as in I started out identifying wild mushrooms, but since then I've gone far afield in other branches of botany. [c. 1400]

field

field
In addition to the idiom beginning with field, also see cover the field; far afield; out in left field; play the field; take the field.

in left field

in left field
see out in left field.

left field

left field
see out in left field.

take the field

take the field
Enter a competition, as in The country's best spellers took the field in the national spelling bee. This term originated around 1600 when it meant “to open a military campaign.” The field here is the field of battle. The term has been used figuratively almost as long, the first recorded use being in 1614.