单词 | feel one's oats |
释义 | feel one's oatsSEE SYNONYMS FOR feel one's oats ON THESAURUS.COM Feel frisky or animated, as in School was out, and they were feeling their oats. This usage alludes to the behavior of a horse after having been fed. [Early 1800s] Display self-importance, as in He was feeling his oats, bossing everyone around. [Mid-1800s] Words nearby feel one's oatsfeel like death, feel like oneself, feel like two cents, feel no pain, feel oneself, feel one's oats, feel one's way, feel out, feel out of place, feel put upon, feel someone up 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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