I'm reading this book... Shane... and I came across a wierd saying that the narrator... a young boy says...
I was beginning to feel my oats about the, proud of myself being able to lick Ollie Johnson at the next place down the road. Fighting, boy style, was much in my mind.
any ideas?
2006-10-12 14:35:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
i don't have to have a correct answer, i just wanted to hear other peoples opinions
2006-10-12 14:38:13 · update #1
feeling ones oats means to find their wild side, in the context that it is being used lick means to beat in a fight.
2006-10-12 14:39:20 · answer #1 · answered by snoop_dougie_doug04 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was beginning to get a bit puffed off and proud because he had a fight with Ollie Johnson and won. He considered fighting as something that was a tough, manly thing to do so he wasn't feeling like a weak little kid who couldn't take care of himself.
Think about it like this:
The term "feeling his oats" might remind someone of a big, strong gorilla beating on his chest because no one would dare attack him.
It's a "You better not mess with me because I'm bad!" kind of image.
2006-10-12 15:10:19 · answer #2 · answered by Bethany 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Feeling one's oats" is like feeling confident, frisky, up for an adventure, that kind of thing. "Proud of himself being able to lick Ollie Johnson..." "...fighting, boy style..." ie he was beginning to get a sense of himself as a man; no longer a child who would just swat at someone, but actually use his fists, or kicking etc to defeat another man in a fight.
Reminds me of Frederick Douglass, in his autobiography, in which he describes a fight he had with the overseer, when the overseer was intending to whip him for trying to escape. Douglass got the upper hand in the fight; he said afterwards, "..I was a slave in name only; now, I was a MAN."
2006-10-12 14:49:01 · answer #3 · answered by Joya 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was clearly beginning to express his "wild side" for the first time, and he began to realize this by kickin' the neighbor kid's ****. He's coming into manhood by asserting his intentions to not be docile, and he clearly enjoyed it and perhaps wants to do it again.
2006-10-12 14:48:01 · answer #4 · answered by ohmneo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
feeling oats means feeling energetic/confident
It sounds like he is feeling like he can defend himself in a fight and it makes him proud of himself.
2006-10-12 14:39:38 · answer #5 · answered by bozogirl123 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was proud to be a mans man and kick that other guys butt
2006-10-12 14:44:16 · answer #6 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
boy becomes manly, birth of the ego
2006-10-12 16:07:37 · answer #7 · answered by island girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry to say, but i have no idea what it means, you're on your own on this one.
2006-10-12 14:37:10 · answer #8 · answered by Gilbert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋