facts of life

facts of life
the facts of life
1. Euph. the facts of sex and reproduction, especially human reproduction. (See also the birds and the bees.) •

My parents told me the facts of life when I was nine years old.

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Bill learned the facts of life from his classmates.

2. Fig. the truth about the unpleasant ways that the world works. •

Mary really learned the facts of life when she got her first job.

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Tom couldn't accept the facts of life in business, so he quit.

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{n. phr.} 1. The truth which we should know about sex, marriage, and births. * /His father told him the facts of life when he was old enough./ 2. The truths one learns about people and their good and bad habits of life, work or play. * /As a cub reporter he would learn the facts of life in the newspaper world./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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