birds and bees

• the birds and the bees

Derived from analogies of pollination and egglaying for sexual intercourse and ovulation respectively.

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birds and bees pl (plural only)

1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Informal education about sex.

   Synonym: facts of life

   We learned about birds and bees back in school.

2. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Informal (by analogy) sex itself.

   I had the birds and bees with your mother.

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