oats

Idioms and Phrases

see feel one's oats ; sow one's wild oats .

Example Sentences

They had just four table spoons of oats for breakfast, shared a bag of peanuts on a six-hour hike and then ate lentils in the evening when they could not catch fish.

From BBC

Savory Miso Oats is something I have been cooking for many years and then my pork and shrimp wontons are also always a hit.

From Salon

A typical day for Mr Head starts with a healthy breakfast of jumbo oats and wheatgerm, mixed with chai seeds.

From BBC

Instead, the U.S. could meet its current protein demand by growing fewer crops overall, and ensuring that more of the commodity crops we already produce — such as soy, grain, corn, barley, oats, and sorghum — are grown for human consumption.

From Salon

The recipe couldn't be simpler, calling for butter, lemon juice, strawberries, peaches, light brown sugar and rice flour, which is then topped with a mixture of oats, almonds, cinnamon and some of the aforementioned ingredients also present in the fruit component.

From Salon

Related Words

• bran
• corn
• grain
• rice
• wheat