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In today’s 6@6, we find out the origins of the phrase ‘paint the town red.’ The WGN Morning News teams also discusses cuttlefish, ironing boards and a lazy workout!
The Americans, however, believe that ‘paint the town red’ was in use in the States long before this incident. Some scholars argue that it was the Romans who gave us the idiom.
There’s an old etymological folk tale that claims the phrase painting the town red—meaning “to have a boisterously (or even violently) good time”—alludes to an actual event from the ...