Reader question:
Please explain this sentence, particularly “on the town”: Brunch was invented to satisfy the “day-after” appetite of those who were out on the town until dawn.
My comments:
Brunch, a combination of breakfast and lunch, was at the beginning designed for people who had missed their breakfast and therefore had a big appetite at lunchtime.
They missed their breakfast because, the previous night, for all night (until dawn), they had a lot to drink and perhaps got drunk – “day-after” implies that they were having what is called a hangover to recover from.
At any rate, “out on the town” is the idiom that gives us the idea that they had a good time drinking and partying.
Town, as in downtown or township, refers either to the business district of a city where shops, cinemas, beer and coffee bars congregate or to a township surrounded by farming areas, the countryside.
Well, apparently in the countryside, if farmers want to do a little shopping, watch a movie or have a drink at a bar, they have to go all the way up to the town.
This is how going out on the town becomes synonymous with singing, dancing, drinking, partying or just relaxing after a long day of work – generally enjoying oneself and having a good time.
Here are a few media examples of what happens while people are out on the town:
1. EVERY smartphone user knows the dread of seeing their battery percentage plunge into single digits.
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