- had a good innings
- had a good inningsBrit informal— used to say that someone who has died lived a long life
We're sad she's gone, but she had a good innings.
• • •Main Entry: ↑innings
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
had a good innings
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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
somebody had a good innings — sb had a good ˈinnings idiom (BrE, informal) used about sb who has died to say that they had a long life • How old was she? 84? Well, she had a good innings then. Main entry: ↑innings … Useful english dictionary
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 to have had a good life or a good career … English dictionary
someone had a good innings — Brit., informal someone had a long and fulfilling life or career (said at or before their death or retirement) … Useful english dictionary
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
innings — noun plural innings 1 (C) the period of time when a cricket team or player bats (bat2 (1)) 2 he/she had a good innings BrE informal used about someone who has died to say that they had a long life: It s sad. Still, she was 89 she had a good… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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 — in|nings [ˈınıŋz] n plural innings 1.) the period of time in a game of ↑cricket when a team or player ↑bats 2.) he/she had a good innings BrE informal used about someone who has died to say that they had a long life … Dictionary of contemporary English
