to take you to brown town
- idiom
- Offensive
- That new curry is so spicy it might take you to brown town if you're not careful.
Examples
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That spicy food will take you to brown town!
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His chili was delicious, but it absolutely took me to brown town last night.
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Be careful with those street tacos—they could take you to brown town before you get home.
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I can't believe that took you to brown town so quickly.
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After that spicy meal, the tacos really took me to brown town.
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Be careful with those beans; they might take you to brown town unexpectedly.
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Eating too much cheese can definitely take you to brown town later.
Synonyms
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To make someone have diarrhoea or a bad stomach
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
take + you + to + brown + town
This is a slang euphemism where 'brown town' metaphorically refers to bowel movements; the literal meanings of 'take', 'you', 'to', 'brown', and 'town' do not transparently combine to indicate digestive upset. The mapping is cultural and idiomatic rather than compositional, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not reliably infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The slang take you to brown town paints a clear picture: you are taken to a place called brown town, a joking image meaning you will end up with brown poo after bad or spicy food. So it means 'to make someone have stomach problems and need the toilet'.