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the birds and the bees

the birds and the bees is the alternative form of birds and bees.

Meaning of birds and bees

Noun

birds and bees pl (plural only)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Informal education about sex.
    • We learned about birds and bees back in school.
    Synonyms:
    facts of life
  2. (euphemistic, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Informal (by analogy) sex itself.
    • I had the birds and bees with your mother.

Questions about the birds and the bees

What is the birds and the bees the alternative form of?
The birds and the bees is the alternative form of birds and bees.

Words near the birds and the bees in the dictionary

  1. the bigger they are, the harder they fall
  2. the bigger they come, the harder they fall
  3. The Bight
  4. the bigs
  5. the bill, please
  6. the birds and the bees
  7. the biter bit
  8. the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
  9. the boat
  10. the bogs
  11. the bomb

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