facts of life

English

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Noun

facts of life (plural)

  1. plural of fact of life
  2. (euphemistic) A knowledge of sexual reproduction, (almost always used with the).
    • 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 72:
      “You and your books!” “How's a girl to learn the facts of life?”

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