high old time

high old time

old-fashioned An exceptionally pleasant, enjoyable, and amusing time. We always have a high old time when the Smiths come over for a dinner party. We must do it again soon. You should come to the party on Saturday—it's sure to be a high old time!
See also: high, old, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have a rare old time
  • an old fogey/fogy
  • fogey
  • fogy
  • old fogey
  • old fogy
  • make old bones
  • cat
  • fud
  • fuddy-duddy
References in periodicals archive
THESE paragliders were having a 'high old time' in the skies over Marsden.
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Since summer 2006, though, The View have had a high old time supporting Primal Scream and Babyshambles, appearing on the NME Brats tour, and generally gaining a reputation as the hardest gigging band in Britain and beyond.
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Major Projects are best done alone
The Rhondda MP had a high old time at Prime Minister's Question Time this week waving goodbye to doomed Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith.
OK, but now Tory unity in Wales looks a bit wobbly
But the two men, bonding over copious drinks, mostly have a high old time reviewing their shared subterranean past--even if Luka's revelations provide a nasty logic that links all Teja's misfortunes.
The Professional
A little research (get those gossip-columnist friends of Hillary on the case) should turn up mounds of dirt on conservatives who have a high old time while telling teens to just say no.
Subject to debate
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HIGH OLD TIME: Michael O'Neill gets carried away after the win over Greece
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IT'S hardly the easiest time [...]
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WE'VE been having a high old time of it in Newmarket since my last dispatch.
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VISITORS to the latest addition to Northumberland's stock of holiday homes are sure of a high old time. Retired farming couple John and Heather Sutherland have just completed the conversion of a 65ft high tower at Budle Bay into one of the North East's most unusual holiday lets.
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Popular with visitors all year round, there's plenty to see and shop-a-holics can have a high old time looking at designer clothing and home interior outlets.
Meal in The Potting Shed; The Potting Shed Silkstone