| 单词 | sow one's wild oats |
| 释义 | sow one's wild oatsSEE SYNONYMS FOR sow one's wild oats ON THESAURUS.COM Behave foolishly, immoderately or promiscuously when young, as in Brad has spent the last couple of years sowing his wild oats, but now he seems ready to settle down. This expression alludes to sowing inferior wild oats instead of good cultivated grain, the verb sowing—that is, “planting seed”—in particular suggesting sexual promiscuity. [Mid-1500s] Words nearby sow one's wild oatssow bug, sowens, Soweto, so what, sown, sow one's wild oats, sow thistle, sow wild oats, soy, soya bean, soybean The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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