AsimovのI, ROBOTを読んでいます。
Powell nodded abstractedly. "Cutie's down in the engine room. I'll flash the signal and he can take care of it. Look, Mike, what do you think of these figures?"
The other cocked an eye at them and whistled. "Boy, that's what I call gamma-ray intensity. Old Sol is feeling his oats, all right."
"feeling his oats" は明らかに慣用句ですね。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Feel lively and energetic.: she's in the pink and feeling her oats
・Wiktionary: To feel energetic or frisky; to behave in a vigorous or bold manner.: Etymology An allusion to the behavior of a horse that has been well fed on oats.
車の無い時代に生まれた表現ですね。
Powell nodded abstractedly. "Cutie's down in the engine room. I'll flash the signal and he can take care of it. Look, Mike, what do you think of these figures?"
The other cocked an eye at them and whistled. "Boy, that's what I call gamma-ray intensity. Old Sol is feeling his oats, all right."
"feeling his oats" は明らかに慣用句ですね。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Feel lively and energetic.: she's in the pink and feeling her oats
・Wiktionary: To feel energetic or frisky; to behave in a vigorous or bold manner.: Etymology An allusion to the behavior of a horse that has been well fed on oats.
車の無い時代に生まれた表現ですね。
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