- to have had a good innings
- British informal old-fashioned
to have had a good life or a good career
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to have had a good innings
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have had a good innings Brit. — have had a good innings Brit. informal have had a long and fulfilling life or career. → innings … English new terms dictionary
to have had a good innings — british informal old fashioned phrase to have had a good life or a good career Thesaurus: to be in a good, better or pleasant situationsynonym Main entry: innings … Useful english dictionary
have had a good innings — British & Australian to have had a long and active life or a long and successful period of time in a job. I ve had a good innings but my old heart is very weak now. He s had a good innings as club president … New idioms dictionary
innings — UK [ˈɪnɪŋz] / US noun [countable] Word forms innings : singular innings plural innings a) a period in a cricket match during which one player or one team tries to score runs (= points) b) the number of runs (= points) a player or team scores… … English dictionary
innings — noun (plural same or informal inningses) [treated as sing.] Cricket each of the divisions of a game during which one side has a turn at batting. ↘a player s turn at batting. Phrases have had a good innings Brit. informal have had a long and… … English new terms dictionary
innings — /ˈɪnɪŋz / (say iningz) plural noun (construed as singular) 1. Cricket a. the turn of any one member of the batting team to bat. b. one of the major divisions of a match, consisting of the turns at batting of all the members of one team until they …
Innings — An inning, or innings, is a fixed length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports ndash; most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket … Wikipedia
Cricket — A bowler bowling to a batsman. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two sets of three wooden stumps on the pitch are the wickets. The two … Wikipedia
Glossary of cricket terms — Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven. It is known for its rich terminology.[1][2][3] Some terms are often thought to be arcane and humorous by those not familiar with the game.[4] This is a general glossary of the… … Wikipedia
List of cricket terms — Cricket is a team sport played between two teams of eleven. It is known for its rich terminology. [http://content usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/239756.html A glossary of cricket terms ] from CricInfo retrieved May 13 2008]… … Wikipedia
