We've recently had an email with regard to a college event called "Healthy Living Day".

It lists some of the elements that the day includes.

Advice and information will be available on a wide range of issues
including:*

Mental Health

Drugs & Alcohol

Sexual Health

Healthy Diet

Financial Health

Good Citizenship

And concludes with "These events will also feature have-a-go activities."

Personally I fancy having a go at the alcohol part of it.

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Personally I fancy having a go at the alcohol part of it.

The sexual bit might be fun as well!

Does "have a go" activities mean what it seems to mean? That is, does it mean (we don't use that phraseology here) taking part in those activities? How do you "take part" in mental health?

In UK English, "having a go at" means getting involved with in one way or another.

It is not a precise idiom; it would be possible to have a go at mountaineering - which would mean getting out the ropes and crampons and climbing. But it is also possible to have a go at a person - which means to be critical or in some other way attack him or her.

In this posting, "having a go at drugs and alocohol" would mean the former - that is, to try them out.

Those all make sense. How do you "have a go", however, at mental health? See a psychiatrist?

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Originally posted by Kalleh:
Those all make sense. How do you "have a go", however, at mental health? See a psychiatrist?

I guess they might have some kind of psychometric testing activities to try. Though what they'd do if someone tested out as a psychopath with major homicidal tendencies is anybody's guess.