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Boys will be boys |
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Boys will be boys. Prov. Boys are expected to be irresponsible or boisterous. (Also said ironically about men.) You can't blame David for breaking the window with his baseball. Boys will be boys. My husband can't resist driving eighty miles an hour in his new sports car. Boys will be boys. See also: Boy Boys will be boys. something that you say which means it is not surprising when boys or men behave in a noisy, rude, or unpleasant way He goes drinking on a Friday night and always ends up in a fight. Boys will be boys. See also: Boy boys will be boys it is expected that men will behave badly It's not enough to say boys will be boys, and then let them behave in whatever way they like. See also: boy How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Grundy will observe, "I don't believe it, boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles. And as for the pink bonnets (here from under the heavy eyebrows there came a knowing and not very pleasing leer)--why boys will be boys. |
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