paint the town red
Go out partying
To paint the town red is to go out for a night of lively, often excessive celebration—drinking, dancing, partying.
The phrase suggests uninhibited revelry that leaves its mark: After the promotion, we're going to paint the town red.
Sometimes shortened to just paint the town.
- let looseRemove restraints from
- celebrateHonor through festivity
- live it upEnjoy oneself lavishly
- cut looseRelease from restraint
- spreeBrief excessive episode
have a blast · revelry · make merry · carousing · raise hell · party · hell-raising · roister · pub-crawl · skylark · barhopping · clubbing · go wild · wassail · throw caution · let go · debauchery · hedonism
- Color Idiomsblack sheep, blue moon, green light, red flag, white lie
- Old Idiomsbeyond the pale, hue and cry, scot-free, knight in shining armor, eat humble pie
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- joy expressionsjoy, happiness, delight, glee, mirth
- Drinking Slangdrunk, wasted, hammered, plastered, smashed
paint the town redstay in
Not go out
stay home · hibernate · cocoon · veg out · keep a low profile
paint the town redabstain
Deliberately not do
toe the line · behave oneself · keep one's nose clean · live simply · play it safe
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