Field day meaning in English

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Definition

The newspapers will have a field day...: Journalists will have a lot to say about this... idiom

In the figurative sense, field day has a negative connotation:

The journalists had a field day with the presidential scandal; the headlines were about nothing else for two weeks.

Examples

"Needless to say, if the media found out about Freddie's "lifestyle", they'd have a field day."

Exercise 1

The mayor is concerned about media exposure and his son Freddie. What is his concern exactly?

The mayor is concerned that the media will kidnap his son and take him out to the fields

The mayor is worried that his son's bad habits may hurt his political career

The mayor is afraid of the public response to his son's homosexuality

The mayor hopes that the paparazzi will no longer bother his family

I don't know

The mayor is concerned about media exposure and his son Freddie. What is his concern exactly?

The mayor is concerned that the media will kidnap his son and take him out to the fields

"A field day" is an expression which refers to the media exploiting a story and sensationalizing it. The term does not refer to a literal "field".

The mayor is worried that his son's bad habits may hurt his political career

This is the best choice here. Mayor Flimshaw is worried that the media may discover that Freddie spends his time taking drugs and being lazy, and this would damage the public opinion of the mayor. He says: "they'd have a field day", which is an idiom meaning that there would be a great deal of excitement and attention from the media focused on the Mayor and his son.

The mayor is afraid of the public response to his son's homosexuality

Nothing is said to make us believe that the mayor's son is a homosexual.

The mayor hopes that the paparazzi will no longer bother his family

It is true that the mayor would like to prevent the press from discovering his son's "lifestyle", but this does not imply that the paparazzi is disturbing the mayor's family.

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