English / proverb
Boys Will Be Boys
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Used to excuse or rationalize loud, reckless, or mischievous behavior in young boys or men as an innate tendency.
In context
01
When the twins returned covered in mud after wrestling in the yard, their grandfather chuckled, 'Well, boys will be boys.'
02
Rather than disciplining the teenagers for their harmless prank, the coach dismissed it, stating that boys will be boys.
Synonyms
Youthful rowdiness,Inevitable juvenile mischief,Natural rambunctiousness
Antonyms
Strict behavioral discipline,Expecting mature decorum
Collocations
dismiss behavior with boys will be boys,shrug saying boys will be boys,chuckle and say boys will be boys