have a good innings

Related to word: good

Idiom

Definition

  1. This idiom is used to describe someone who has lived a long and successful life.

    • She was 95 when she passed away; she truly had a good innings.

    • My grandfather lived to be over ninety; he certainly had a good innings.

    • Despite the challenges he faced in life, he lived to 88; he definitely had a good innings.