the old Adam

the old Adam
   (the) a man's lust
   Referring to the unregenerate character of our common ancestor before life became complicated for him and he passed on to us, with St Paul's help, our sexual complexes:
    I felt the old Adam stir at the sight of her. (Fraser, 1973)

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