boy will be boys

boy will be boys
мальчишки есть мальчишки. Так говорят и американцы, и русские, когда их сыновья возвращаются вечером домой чумазыми, с порванными на коленях джинсами.

English-Russian slang from the book M. Goldenkova "Caution, hot dog". 2014.

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  • boys will be boys — One must expect and put up with foolish or childish behaviour from men • • • Main Entry: ↑boy * * * boys will be boys phrase used for saying that some types of behaviour are typical of boys and men, and that they will never change Thesaurus: men… …   Useful english dictionary

  • two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all — The more boys that help, the less work they do. c 1930 F. THOMPSON Country Calendar 114 Their parents do not encourage the joining of forces... We have a proverb here: ‘Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.’ 1971 New York… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Boy Scouts of America — For the Boy Scouting division within the BSA, see Boy Scouting (Boy Scouts of America). Boy Scouts of America …   Wikipedia

  • Boy Scouts of America membership controversies — The Boy Scouts of America (BSA), one of the largest private youth organizations in the United States, has policies which prohibit atheists and agnostics from membership in its Scouting program, and prohibit avowed homosexual people from… …   Wikipedia

  • boy — [[t]bɔ͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ boys 1) N COUNT A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man. I knew him when he was a little boy... He was still just a boy. 2) N COUNT You can refer to a young man as a boy, especially when talking about relationships between… …   English dictionary

  • Boy — For other uses, see Boy (disambiguation). Boyhood redirects here. For other uses, see Boyhood (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

  • boy — boy1 [ bɔı ] noun count *** ▸ 1 male child/son ▸ 2 young man ▸ 3 man of any age ▸ 4 male dog/horse ▸ 5 male with particular job ▸ 6 group of male friends ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a male child: a 10 year old boy a little/small/young boy: I haven t been… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • boy — boy1 W1S1 [bɔı] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Perhaps from Frisian boi boy ] 1.) a male child, or a male person in general →↑girl ▪ The boys wanted to play football. ▪ The school has over 1,200 boys and girls aged 11 18. a teenage/adolescent boy …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • boy — 1 /bOI/ noun (C) 1 CHILD a male child or young man: The boys all wanted to play football. | little boy (=a young male child) 2 SON a son: I love my boys, but I d like to have a girl too. | little boy (=a young son): How old is your little boy? 3… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • boy — I UK [bɔɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms boy : singular boy plural boys *** 1) a) a male child a 10 year old boy a little/small/young boy: I d been there for my holidays as a little boy. b) a son Mr and Mrs Wylie have three boys and a girl.… …   English dictionary

  • Will Hay — William „Will“ Thomson Hay (* 6. Dezember 1888 in Stockton on Tees; † 18. April 1949 in London) war ein britischer Schauspieler, Bühnenkomiker, Gelegenheitsregisseur, Pilot und Astronom, ein überaus populärer Varieté und Unterhaltungskünstler der …   Deutsch Wikipedia


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