| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
| |
| Boys will be boys |
| |
| |
| Children can be expected to act in a childish way. | 1 |
| Boys will be boys is often applied to grown men who act childishly. | 2 |
| |
| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|