Смысл: afield

afield[əʹfi:ld]
adv
<Í> 1. 1) за границей; вдали от (родного) дома, вдалеке от дома
far afield - вдалеке
2) вдаль; за границу
to go too far afield - сбиться с пути
2. в стороне, в сторону, за пределами; за рамками
to stray far afield in one's reading - быть очень начитанным; читать много в разных областях знания; читать совсем не по программе (об учащихся, студентах и т. п.); разбрасываться в выборе чтения
3. в поле, на поле (о сельскохозяйственных рабочих и войсках)

center field Идиома

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.

center field

1. In baseball, the breadth of the acreage above additional abject and in the average of the outfield. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. He hit the brawl into centermost field—and appropriate into the cuff of the outfielder.2. In baseball, the position of a amateur who occupies and defends the centermost of the field. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. My ambition is to be fast abundant to comedy centermost acreage abutting year.3. A position amid extremes or in band with what is about accustomed or understood. Often acclimated with "left of" or "right of" (usually apropos to political ideology) to announce a added biased position. The admiral has been accused by both political parties of absent to break in centermost acreage on the affair of tax reform. Once I heard John's advanced ideas, I knew his behavior were larboard of centermost field.Learn more: center, field

Learn more:

Dictionary

More Idioms/Phrases

Elvis has left the building Ethnic Cleansing Excuse my French Feeding Frenzy Field Day Finding Your Feet Finger lickin' good Fixed In Your Ways Flip The Bird cease fire cease to be cede cede (something) to (someone) cede to ceiling celeb celebrate celebrate (one) for (something) celebrate for an accomplishment celestial transfer cell cellular Macarena cement cement (something) on (something) cement city cement on cement together censure censure (one) censure (one) for (something) cent center center around center around (someone or something) center field center of attention center of attraction center of attraction, the center on center on (someone or something) centered central central dogma centre century century note cept ceremony cert certain certain party certain sure certainly certainly not cess c'est la vie cetera Cf CF The CF is from the so-called NATO Phonetic Alphabet. cha