sow wild oats
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Thus in Ireland I have known an outgoing tenant, in spite at his eviction, to sow wild oats in the fields which he was leaving.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage
If we sow "wild oats" what must we reap?
From With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul by Sylvanus Stall
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