HAVE A TIME

{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To have trouble; have a hard time. * /Poor Susan had a time trying to get the children to go to bed./ * /John had a time passing his math course./ 2. To have a good time; to have fun. - Used with a reflexive pronoun. * /Bob had himself a time going to every night club in town./ * /Mary had herself a time dancing at the party./ Syn.: HAVE A BALL.