sow wild oats

There's a sexist myth that only men want to sow wild oats, but of course, women also have sexual fantasies.

But that wasn't what I meant—to sow wild oats.

A Penitent Reflects on the Wilderness Rob Pruitt — who last week opened a gargantuan solo exhibition inspired by the Amish tradition of Rumspringa, the period during which some teenagers sow wild oats before they reach the age to join the church — is not the first artist you might think of when you think Anabaptist.

His first attempt to sow wild oats was frustrated.

A day or two later our fledgling began to sow wild oats.