paint the town red

Meaning: (idiomatic)Topartyorcelebratein arowdy,wildmanner, especially in apublicplace.It was the end of term and students decided to celebrate bypainting the town red.1887March,Oscar Wilde,The American Invasion‎[1]:With regard to Mrs. Brown-Potter, as acting is no longer considered absolutely essential for success on the English stage, there is really no reason why the pretty bright-eyed lady who charmed us all last June by her merry laugh and her nonchalant ways, should not—to borrow an expression from her native language—make a big boom andpaint the town red.1894,Bret Harte, “The Heir of the McHulishes”, inA Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories:After that dinner at MacFen's he was done for—went wild. Danced a sword-dance, or a strathspey, or some other blamed thing, on the table, and yelled louder than the pipes. So they all did. Jack, I'vepainted the town redonce myself.1919,William MacLeod Raine, chapter 8, inA Man Four-Square:Half a dozen cowboys cantered up the main street of Los Portales in a cloud of dust. One of them, older than the rest, let out the wild yell.[…]A second flung into the blue sky three rapid revolver shots. Plainly they were advertising the fact that they had come topaint the town redand did not care who knew it.2023, “Paint The Town Red”, inScarlet, performed byDoja Cat:Bitch, I said what I said / I'd rather be famous instead / I let all that get to my head / I don't care, Ipaint the town red

Examples:

EN: Don't you think now that now we're going to paint the town red, we ought to start in properly?
ES: ¿No crees que ahora vamos a salir de fiesta deberíamos empezar como es debido?
EN: Let's go out and paint the town red.
ES: Salgamos a pintar de rojo la ciudad.
EN: We'll paint the town red.
ES: Nos iremos de juerga.
EN: Today we left it in the garage because of all the match traffic but tonight, after the contest, the four of us will get together and paint the town red!
ES: Hoy lo hemos dejado en el garaje por el jaleo que había en el estadio, ma ce soir, esta noche, después de la competición, nos encontramos los cuatro
EN: Come on, we're going to paint the town red.
ES: Vamos, pintaremos de rojo la ciudad entera.
EN: We'II drive over here to FairviIIe and paint the town red!
ES: ¡Conduciremos hasta aquí desde Fairville y pintaremos la ciudad de rojo!
EN: Let's paint the town red!
ES: ¡Vayámonos de juerga!
EN: It's enough to paint the town red!
ES: ¡Con esto nos podemos ir de juerga! Venga ya.
EN: What do you say we go out sometime next week and... paint the town red?
ES: Qué dices si nosotros salimos algún día ¿la próxima semana y... pintamos de rojo el pueblo?
EN: I'm going to throw a party I'm going to paint the town red
ES: Voy a tocar en un putero Te voy a olvidar
ES: Voy a tocar en un putero Te voy a olvidar
EN: There's my key. And now, I'm off to paint the town red.
ES: Aquí tiene mi llave y ahora me voy a echar una cana al aire.
EN: Tonight we paint the town red.
ES: esta noche pintaremos la ciudad de rojo.
EN: Now paint the town red!
ES: Alé !
EN: We're gonna paint the town red!
ES: Vamos a recorrer la ciudad.
EN: Master William... for you, a birthday is a time to paint the town red... but for me, it's a time of reflection.
ES: Amo William... para usted, un cumpleaños es motivo para pintar la ciudad de rojo... pero para mí, es motivo de reflexión.

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