| Word | sow your wild oats |
|---|---|
| Description | go through a period of wild or promiscuous behaviour while young. Wild oats are weeds found in cornfields which resemble cultivated oats…spending time sowing them would be a foolish or useless activity. The expression has been current since the late 16th century… from the mid 16th to the early 17th century, wild oat was also used as a term for a dissolute young man. go through a period of wild or promiscuous behaviour while young. Wild oats are weeds found in cornfields which resemble cultivated oats…spending time sowing them would be a foolish or useless activity. The expression has been curr |
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