to go out and celebrate; to go on a drinking bout; to get drunk. - Faire la bringue
- They were out painting the town red last night.
Origin
The expression is American slang meaning to go on a reckless debauch, to be wildly extravagant. Originally, the metaphor applied to bonfires painting the sky or scenery red. An old Irish ballad contains the lines: The beacon hills were painted red/ With many a fire that night.
The immediate source of the phrase may be traced to the times when a Mississippi steamboat captain would want to defeat his rival. `Paint her, boys!' he would command his men as they heaped fuel upon the fires at night, casting a red glare upon the surrounding scenery. The phrase was helped into popularity by the fact that `to paint' (ie to paint the nose red) was an old slang term for drinking. [Source: Handybook of Literary Curiosities, by William S Walsh (Lippincott 1892).]
Peter Whitehead, Shaw Heath
get a kick out of something/doing something - profiter de quelque chose
to enjoy doing something very much
- Anyone who gets a kick out of horror movies will love this show.
- I get a real kick out of shopping for new shoes.
The song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uciibl0rcs
The movie:
The song is one of the audio tracks taken from the movie "Wild":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn2-GSqPyl0
A true story about a woman who went on a long journey in the mountains to find herself back....
On spotify:
http://www.pcta.org/wild/2014/11/14/listen-wild-movie-soundtrack-spotify/
Vocabulary:
temptress: une séductrice, femme fatale
- a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
- a woman who tempts someone to do something, typically a sexually attractive woman who sets out to allure or seduce someone.
Lyrics
"Glory Box"
I'm so tired of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just...
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be a woman
I just wanna be a woman
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Through this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over and give us some room
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be a woman
I just wanna be a woman
[INSTRUMENTAL]
So don't you stop being a man
Just take a little look from outside when you can
Show a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be a woman
It's all I wanna be is all woman
For this is the beginning of forever and ever
It's time to move over...
