2.to feel your oats<美,加拿大,非正式>(feel confident)兴高采烈;活力四射;精力充沛
Chad's a young up-and-coming player who's starting to feel his oats.查德是一名开始活跃起来的有前途的年轻运动员,
(feel important)自命不凡;得意洋洋;趾高气扬
The instigator-in-chief sure is feeling his oats right now.主要煽动者肯定正自鸣得意。