have a ball
Party with abandon
To have a ball is to have a great time, to enjoy oneself thoroughly: We had a ball at the concert last night.
The expression treats a ball—a formal dance or party—as a metaphor for any enjoyable experience.
Common in casual speech: The kids had a ball at the water park.
- enjoyTake pleasure in
- revelCelebrate with abandon
- paint the town redCelebrate boisterously in public
- paint the townCelebrate extravagantly in public
- make merryEnjoy festive revelry
let your hair down · enjoy oneself · let loose · live it up · living large · shindig · raise hell · party · party hardy · get down · tear it up · gala · cut loose · carnival · whoop it up · festivity · bash · merriment
- revelryrevelry, revel, festivity, festivities, celebration
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, self-indulgent, overindulgence
have a ballsuffer
Experience pain or distress
endure · go through hell · languish · agonize
have a ballendure
Suffer through without yielding
suffer in silence · grin and bear it · grit one's teeth · tough it out · go through the motions
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