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Boys will be boys
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Boys will be boys definition
Children can be expected to act in a childish way.
Note: “Boys will be boys” is often applied to grown men who act childishly.
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Boys will be boys
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Idioms & Phrases
boys will be boys
One can expect boys to act childishly or misbehave, as in We told the kids not to eat in the living room, but when we got home there was a big mess there
oh well, boys will be boys. This term came from a Latin proverb, translated as "Children [boys] are children [boys] and do childish things." In English it was first recorded in 1589.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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