paint the town red

(verb) to celebrate in a crazy or wild way

Example Sentences:

A: Why do you look so terrible?
B: I went out last night and painted the town red. I went to the bar, two nightclubs and a stripclub.
A: Why?
B: It was my birthday.

We’re going to paint the town red tonight, because I’m turning 30 years old!

Trevor got a new job so we’re painting the town red tonight!

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Similar idioms:

  1. the elephant in the room
  2. FML
  3. red-hot
  4. bullshitter
  5. blind date
  6. bullshit artist

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