Idiom
birds and bees
Meaning
Informal education about sex.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My parents finally told me about the birds and the bees.”
“When the children started asking questions about where babies come from, their father decided it was time to explain the birds and the bees.”
“The school board debated whether parents or teachers should bear the responsibility of explaining the birds and the bees to young students.”
Examples
simple
“My parents finally told me about the birds and the bees.”
contextual
“When the children started asking questions about where babies come from, their father decided it was time to explain the birds and the bees.”
complex
“The school board debated whether parents or teachers should bear the responsibility of explaining the birds and the bees to young students.”
Origin
Derived from analogies of pollination and egglaying for sexual intercourse and ovulation respectively.
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