feast vs have a ball

feast

verb
  • To dwell upon (something) with delight. 

  • To hold a feast in honor of (someone). 

  • To partake in a feast, or large meal. 

noun
  • A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary. 

  • A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature. 

  • Something delightful 

have a ball

verb
  • To enjoy oneself thoroughly; to have lots of fun or excitement. 

How often have the words feast and have a ball occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )