paint\ the\ town

paint\ the\ town
• paint the town (red)
v. phr. slang
To go out to drink and have a good time; celebrate wildly; carouse.

It was the sailors' first night ashore; they painted the town red.

Compare: on the town(2)

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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