English Idioms and Expressions 

Idioms: Fun and Enjoyment-2
from:  'more fun than...'  to: 'the world is your oyster'

• more fun than a barrel of monkeys
  • If something is very amusing or enjoyable, you can say that it is more fun than a barrel of monkeys.
    "The TV quiz was more fun than a barrel of monkeys!"
    
    
• paint the town red
  • If you paint the town red, you go out and enjoy a lively evening in bars, night-clubs, etc.
    "To celebrate the victory, the team's supporters painted the town red."
    
    
• (a) party animal
  • A party animal is someone who loves parties and goes to as many as possible.
    "Stella is a real party animal. She never refuses an invitation to one!"
    
    
• (the) party is over
  • To say that the party is over means that a period of happiness, freedom, enjoyment etc. has come to an end, and life is going to return to normal.
    "I had a wonderful time here but the party's over and I must get back to work."
    
    
• pull someone's leg
  • If you pull somebody's leg, you tease them by telling them something that is not true.
    "Of course I'm not going to buy a sports car. I was just pulling your leg!"
    
    
• pull the other one (it's got bells on)
  • After hearing an unlikely story, saying "pull the other one" is a way of telling the speaker that you neither believe what they say nor whatever they may say next.
    "You have a date with George Clooney? Yeah - now pull the other one!"
    
    
• (the) punch line
  • The punch lineis the funny sentence that ends a joke or an amusing story.
    "When my dad tells jokes, he never gets the punch line right!"
    
    
• ring out the old year and ring in the new
  • This expression means to announce and celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next.
  • "It’s party time again ! People all over the world are preparing to ring out the old (year) and ring in the new with joyful festivities."
    
    
• social butterfly
  • A person who has a lot of friends and acquaintances and likes to flit from one social event to another is called a social butterfly.
    "Jessica is constantly out and about; she's a real social butterfly."
    
    
• sow one's wild oats
  • A person, usually a man, who sows their wild oats goes through a period of carefree pleasure-seeking while they are young.
    "He was advised to sow his wild oats before he got married."
    
    
• take it easy
  • When you relax, or do things at a comfortable pace, you take it easy.
    "It's nice to slow down at the week-end and take it easy."
    
    
• tear up the dance floor
  • People who tear up the dance floor dance energetically and enthusiastically, often with a captivating routine that combines creativity and rhythm .
    "It's really strange seeing pictures of my parents tearing up the dance floor when they were young!"
    
    
• tickle the ivories
  • This is a humorous way of talking about playing the piano.
    "My grandfather loves playing the piano; he tickles the ivories whenever he can."
    
    
• (be/go) out on the tiles
  • People who are or go out on the tiles go to bars, clubs, parties, etc. for some lively evening entertainment
    "To celebrate the occasion, we decided to go out on the tiles."
    
    
• wet the baby's head
  • To wet the baby's head means to have drink to celebrate the birth of a baby.
    "When his first child was born, Tom invited his colleagues to a local bar to wet the baby's head."
    
    
• the world is your oyster
  • This expression means that you are free and able to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities that life has to offer.
    "She left college feeling that the world was her oyster."