Boys will be boys

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1. Children can be expected to act in a childish way.

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boys will be boys Idioms  

1. 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.

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“Boys will be boys” is often applied to grown men who act childishly.

Example Sentences

“How about that? How powerful is that? How profound is that? Boys will be boys and there is nothing wrong with that.”

From Los Angeles Times

"It's due to the normalisation of these situations, the attitude that boys will be boys and it's something women should put up with," added Rhiannon, who is from Llanelli.

From BBC

“Boys will be boys, and we will let their public sparring continue,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times

“I know you ain’t used to a female alpha,” she sang in the title track of “Future Nostalgia” in 2020, and she denounced male entitlement in “Boys Will Be Boys.”

From New York Times

He starred as Chazz Russell in Boys Will Be Boys and had roles in shows including Growing Pains.

From BBC