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fact of life

Something unpleasant that must be accepted because it cannot be changed. Gloomy, rainy days are just a fact of life for the British. Death is a fact of life.

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the facts of life

1. Something unpleasant that must be accepted because it cannot be changed. Gloomy, rainy days are just one of the facts of life when you live in England.

2. euphemism Lessons about sex, such as are typically taught to children or young adults. My mom talked to me about the facts of life this morning—it was so mortifying!

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facts of life

Knowledge of sexual reproduction, as in Some people feel that the facts of life should not be taught in school. [Late 1800s] Also see birds and the bees.

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facts of life

1. n. an explanation of human reproduction, especially as presented to a child. No one ever explained the facts of life to me. I read books about it.

2. n. the truth about life’s difficulties. You had better face up to the facts of life and get a job.

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He said The Facts of Life had generated the best response of any of his books.

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There was a time when the facts of life weren't discussed but we are now living in a much more open society.

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And after using exotic settings such as Thailand and Jerusalem in previous books, his latest offering, The Facts of Life, is set in Coventry and explores the character of its citizens and how the city has always remodelled itself.

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New evidence gathered by the Health Department blames fathers for not teaching their sons the facts of life.

Fathers to help sons in sex lessons

If the real estate community has learned anything during the course of the past 12 years, since the introduction of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), it has come to understand that pollution liability and environmental responsibility are now facts of life.

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He said: "I thought the facts of life were connected to this thing that was happening to me.