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Oats Writer Feel Ms Blumenthal Dancing Laughing Feeling

Idiom Feel Your Oats
Example Ms. Blumenthal was dancing, laughing, and feeling her oats.
Meaning to be in high spirits, energetic; to act in a proud way
Origin This American expression from the early 19th century originated when a writer noticed that his horse always acted more lively and vigorous when it was well-fed with oats. The writer applied the idea to people, often older ones, and wrote that a peppy, active person was "feeling his oats."

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