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.

    長壽且充增的一生

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

      她95歲時去世;她確實享盡天年。

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

      我的祖父活到九十多歲;他確實福壽雙全。

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

      儘管他一生面臨許多挑戰,他活到了88歲;他絕對享盡天年。