go(ing) to town

To do something successfully and/or with great enthusiasm. A nineteenth-century Americanism, this expression probably originally alluded to the special treat of a trip to town for rural folks. “Chocolate creams are one of the things I am fondest of. I was feeling low and I went to town,” said a character in Erle Stanley Gardner’s The Case of the Silent Partner, indicating he had eaten a great many of them.

词组	go(ing) to town
释义	go(ing) to town go(ing) to town To do something successfully and/or with great enthusiasm. A nineteenth-century Americanism, this expression probably originally alluded to the special treat of a trip to town for rural folks. “Chocolate creams are one of the things I am fondest of. I was feeling low and I went to town,” said a character in Erle Stanley Gardner’s The Case of the Silent Partner, indicating he had eaten a great many of them. See also: town The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: dressed to kill/to the nines level best, to do one's get into the swing of (things), to you (can) bet your (sweet) life) more (to it) than meets the eye like a ton of bricks, (come down) letter perfect up to scratch, (to come/be) hat in the ring, to put/throw one's chock-a-block, to be
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