barrel of fun

English

Noun

barrel of fun (plural barrels of fun)

1. (often sarcastic) A great amount of fun or enjoyment, or something or someone that provides this.

   We all went out to a karaoke bar and had a barrel of fun.

   Two hours of root canal surgery – that sounds like a barrel of fun.

   • 1939, Lew Brown and Wladimir Timm (English lyrics), "Beer Barrel Polka", aka "Roll out the barrel"

     ♫ Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun
     Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run

Translations

barrel of laughs — see barrel of laughs