Idiom of the day :- Have the field to oneself

Idiom of the day :- Have the field to oneself

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

When the folks from Mars visited Earth they invited Winston to join them on Mars for a friendly game of football. It was a long time before Winston got to Mars, though, and by then it was too late. ‘There was no one there,’ he said to reporters when he returned to earth. ‘I guess you could say I had the field to myself !’ This expression means to have no opposition or competition. ‘I’m selling rocks I brought back from Mars, ‘ Winston said. ‘ Since no one else has any, I have the field to myself.’