boys will be boys

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   you should not be surprised when boys or men behave in a noisy or rough way as this is part of typical male behaviour

   - Boys will be boys. - It's time he went back to his mum's.

In the movies · 1

• - Boys will be boys. - It's time he went back to his mum's.Sid and Nancy1986
• After all, boys will be boys.The Three Musketeers2011
• Boys will be boys. But this is sick.The Pacifier2005
• And you boys All you boysFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019
• No boys. No boys.The Peanuts Movie2015
• Oh, that's boys just being boys.The House Bunny2008
• Boys, boys, boys.This Is the End2013
• - Bad boys for life. - Uh, bad boys ain't really boys anymore.Bad Boys for Life2020

Learn it in full scenes

• This Is the End2013
  • Seth Picks Jay Up at LAX
  • Seth Talks Jay Into the Party
  • Franco Gives the House Tour

From the same entry

• the boys in blue
• jobs for the boys
• man and boy
• separate out the men from the boys
• all work and no play

More proverbs

• make hay while the sun shines
• no time like the present
• the exception that proves the rule
• the writing is on the wall
• money talks
• any port in a storm
• live to fight another day
• one good turn deserves another
• out of the mouths of babes
• you can't keep a good man down
• share and share alike
• never the twain shall meet