sow wild oats

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sow one's wild oats

to do wild and foolish things in one's youth. (often assumed to have some sort of sexual meaning.) Jack was out sowing his wild oats last night, and he's in jail this morning. Mrs. smith told Mr. smith that he was too old to be sowing his wild oats.

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Your mate's friend may want to sow wild oats - only he knows. Love by numbers by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk This proves the old adage that, they say, the young sow wild oats, but the old grow sage, even if we're starting to feel that Time's winged chariot is starting to goose us. Older people are sage and know their onions by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Mandy had not expected a man in his 50''s to need to sow wild oats. Relationship Deal-Breakers by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. / Self Improvement community			sort oneself out sort out soul sound sound as a bell sound as a dollar sound as if sound asleep sound like a broken record sound off sound out sound the death knell sound the death knell for soup soup up Soup's on! souped up sour sour as vinegar sour grapes south sow sow the seeds sow the seeds of sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sow wild oats space space out spaced spade spade up spanking new spar with spare spare no effort to spare no expense spare the rod and spoil the child spare tire spark spark off sparkle with sparks fly spatter spatter around spatter on spatter up spatter with spaz spaz around spaz down spaz out			sow mouth sow mouth sow mouth sow one's oats sow one's wild oats Sow Productivity Index Sow stall Sow stall Sow stall Sow stall sow the seed sow the seed sow the seed sow the seed sow the seeds sow the seeds sow the seeds sow the seeds sow the seeds sow the seeds of sow the seeds of sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sow the wind and reap the whirlwind sow thistle Sow thistles Sow thistles Sow thistles Sow thistles sow wild oats Sow-a-Seed Foundation Sow-bread Sow-bread Sow-bread Sow-thistle Sow-thistles SoWa SOWAER Sowans Sowans Sowans Sowans Sowar Sowarry sowback sowbacks sowbane sowbelly sowbread sowbreads Sowbug Sowbug Sowbug SOWC Sowce SOWCI SOWCR SOWD Sowdan Sowdanesse

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