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158 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

lo stato delle vigne del Signore

Context:

Verso le tre del mattino, eravamo tutti arrivati al punto comunemente noto come lo stato..

Keywords:

...delle vigne del Signore. Si cantava, si facevano scherzi, si ballava disordinatamente, si raccontavano per la ennesima volta le stesse storielle stupide o peggio...Description of carousing that went on at an upscale bar in St. Moritiz. I'm assuming the reference is to the effect of too much wine.

 

 

The answer of   See profile was rated best

high jinks/painting the town red

My comment:

"..we had all reached a state of high jinks."
or
"...we had all reached the state commonly known as painting the town red."