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to be off one's oats ○ manquer d'appétit ; to feel one's oats ○ ( feel exuberant) être en pleine forme ; ( be self-important) faire l'important ; to be getting/not getting one's oat ○ ne pas être privé/être privé sexuellement ; to sow one's wild oats jeter sa gourme. -
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oat [əʊt]1 noun(plant) avoine favoine f;∎ a field of oats un champ d'avoine;∎ American familiar to be feeling one's oats (be self-important) ne plus se sentir, faire l'important□ ; (be full of energy) être en pleine forme□ ; (be cheerful) avoir la pêche;∎ British familiar to be off one's oats (be off form) se sentir patraque, ne pas être dans son assiette; (have no appetite) avoir perdu l'appétit□ ;∎ British familiar to get one's oats (have sex) tirer un coup;∎ is he getting his oats? est-ce qu'il a ce qu'il lui faut au lit?;►► oat grass fromental m, avoine f élevée
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Wild oat — Wild Wild, a. [Compar. {Wilder}; superl. {Wildest}.] [OE. wilde, AS. wilde; akin to OFries. wilde, D. wild, OS. & OHG. wildi, G. wild, Sw. & Dan. vild, Icel. villr wild, bewildered, astray, Goth. wilpeis wild, and G. & OHG. wild game, deer; of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wild oat — wild′ oat′ n. pln any uncultivated species of Avena, esp. a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat • sow one s wild oats Etymology: 1490–1500 … From formal English to slang
wild oat — noun common in meadows and pastures • Syn: ↑wild oat grass, ↑Avena fatua • Hypernyms: ↑oat * * * noun 1. a. : a wild grass of the genus Avena: as … Useful english dictionary
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wild oat grass — noun common in meadows and pastures • Syn: ↑wild oat, ↑Avena fatua • Hypernyms: ↑oat * * * noun 1. : wild oat 1 2 … Useful english dictionary
wild oat — noun a grass which is related to the cultivated oat and is found as a weed of other cereals. [Avena fatua.] Phrases sow one s wild oats see oat … English new terms dictionary
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