wild oats
معنی کامل و مثالها
● (گیاه شناسی) یولاف خودرو، یولاف پوچ، جو دو سر پوچ، گندم کاهو، یولاف وحشی (Uvularia sessilifolia از خانوادهی lily و fatua Avena که هر دو بومی امریکای شمالی هستند) (wildoat هم میگویند)
* sow one's wild oats
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ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The phrase originated from the fact that wild oats, a type of grass, are useless as a crop. To sow wild oats was thus a metaphor for pointless, unprofitable activities.
مثال
- He spent his twenties sowing his wild oats but now he seems ready to settle down.
- She sowed her wild oats during her university years.
- He's sown his wild oats, now he's looking for a wife and family.
ترکیبهای رایج
Sow wild oats Reap wild oats
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers