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)

potter's 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.

potter's field

A abode area the busted or the alien are buried. A advertence to the Bible, "So they conferred calm and bought the potter's acreage with it as a burying abode for foreigners" (Matthew 27:7). Primarily heard in US. The assignment was so arduous that a abundant cardinal of immigrant laborers who congenital the railroads beyond this country concluded up in some potter's acreage or addition afore the job was complete.Learn more: field

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