paint the town (red)

to go out and celebrate without control.

Jack finished his exams today so he's gone out to paint the town red.

Usage notes: usually said about celebrations that include a lot of drinking

• fall in love with something
• fall into clutches
• fall into hands
• fall into lap
• fall into line
• fall into place
• fall into someone's clutches
• fall into someone's hands
• fall into the trap of
• fall into the trap of doing something
• fall into the wrong hands
• fall into your lap
• fall off
• fall off perch
• fall off the map
• fall off the wagon
• fall off your perch
• fall on deaf ears
• fall on hard times
• fall on stony ground
• fall out with
• fall out with someone
• fall over
• fall over yourself to do something
• fall prey to