like fun

Idioms  

1. Not really, certainly not. For example, She said she'd been skiing for years—like fun she had! or Do I want to eat raw oysters—like fun I do. This expression originated in the early 1800s with a quite different meaning, “energetically” or “vigorously,” a sense now obsolete. Its present sense dates from the 1900s. Also see for fun.

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like fun

"Maybe some people see that working a lot of hours and not spending money doesn't look like fun - but the feeling behind it gives me respect for myself, and that makes me happy."

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

The message of the story was much more embedded, and it felt escapist and it felt like fun.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2023

“But they gave me the breakdown, and it sounded like fun, so I said, ‘I’m down.’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

Which is a bit annoying, because it doesn’t feel like fun stuff when the only thing you want to do is just continue working.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

It tasted like summer, like fun, like innocence in the Rio Grande; so I swallowed, and the purity of it was divine.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall