Idiom

"Paint the town red"

This idiom means you are going to have fun, not by painting the town, obviously, but by doing whatever you want in a "wildish" way.

This idiom comes from around 1837 when Marquis de Waterford, a troublemaker, spent a night vandilizing in England; and they literally painted the town red.

Dialogue:

-Guess who just got back today.

-Who?

-Them wild-eyed boys that had been away. They were asking if you were around.

-I'm looking forward to paint the town red with them!