paint the town
to go out and engage in wild celebrations
TRANSLATION
to paint the town = auf die Pauke hauen LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
At the age of 23, I was a millonaire and retired," John Paul Getty recalled. "Two years later I came out of retirement.
A man in his twenties who has known what it is to work can drink only so much champagne and paint the town only so many times before he wakes up to realise that he is wasting time and energy on meaningless things."
Getty, Jean Paul (1892-1976) American oil executive and art collector
A man in his twenties who has known what it is to work can drink only so much champagne and paint the town only so many times before he wakes up to realise that he is wasting time and energy on meaningless things."
Getty, Jean Paul (1892-1976) American oil executive and art collector
Did you
know?
to paint the town (red)
(idiom)
- to go out and engage in wild celebrations
Origin: Here is a charming hypothesis from the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" states: that this colorful term for a wild spree, especially one involving much drinking, probably originated on the frontier. In the nineteenth century the section of town where brothels and saloons were located was known as the 'red light district.' So a group of lusty cowhands out for a night 'on the town' might very well take it into their heads to make the whole town red."
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"I suggest we paint the town only after we hear the end of quarter profit statement"
(idiom)
- to go out and engage in wild celebrations
Origin: Here is a charming hypothesis from the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" states: that this colorful term for a wild spree, especially one involving much drinking, probably originated on the frontier. In the nineteenth century the section of town where brothels and saloons were located was known as the 'red light district.' So a group of lusty cowhands out for a night 'on the town' might very well take it into their heads to make the whole town red."
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"I suggest we paint the town only after we hear the end of quarter profit statement"
