Paint the town red!

  

  

Fred: I've finally graduated! It has taken 5 years of serious study but I've done it.

Barney: That's awesome. We need to go out and celebrate! 

Fred: Let's paint the town red!

 

Paint the town red - this English idiom means that you are going out to have a great time, a big party, or some kind of massive celebration. This usually involves drinking a lot of alcohol and dancing.

 

This idiom is possibly from the 1900s when groups of wealthy people used to get very drunk and often have fights. The red could possibly be a result of blood being spilt!

 

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I'm not paint the town red often...  :)

Neither do I! Just for very special occasions. :)

Last Saturday I painted town red  :DDDD

Gosh:)))) (It was my Bday:)  )

Happy belated birthday!

Thanks:)) I'm still traying to recover from it :)))

Last week i painted the town red with my friend who studied on Master degree level around 2-3 time.

I hope you had a great time!

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