It talks about nature appealing to a person.
Raw emotions, mostly volatile in nature are represented through this phrase.
It is referred to for people who show a spurt of emotions, although not necessarily so.
It is also used as wanting to get back to nature, but the phrase is sparingly used in that context.
How could he hurt her like that? He has always been so nice, talk about the call of the wild!
It was a real call of the wild that he roughed up the cop so badly. Let me tell you that he is in trouble for a very long time because of his rage now.
She must have had a call of the wild to treat such a small child in this way.
He quit his job and went for a month long trek. He has had many such urges and calls of the wild in the past too.
There is no origin for this idiom
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Common phrase that has a specific meaning.