show someone a good time

Entertain someone, as in I know Aunt Dorothy will show us a good time when we visit San Francisco. This idiom uses the verb show in the sense of "accord or grant something," a usage dating from about 1200.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Napoleon	nə-PO-lee-ən (English)	History, English
Balder	-	Norse Mythology
Rebeccah	rə-BEK-ə	English (Rare)
Katharine	KATH-ə-rin (English), KATH-rin (English), kah-tah-REE-nə (German)	English, German
Ramadan	-	Arabic
Karin	['ka:rin]