the birds and the bees

plural noun

informal + humorous

: the facts about sex that are told to children

He dreaded having to explain about the birds and the bees to his son.

Examples of the birds and the bees in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

No one will teach you unless your parents are talking the birds and the bees of money or a mentor is setting you straight early on. —Hisham Ahmad, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

Maybe this explains why the teen has precisely zero friends to tell her about the birds and the bees. —Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024

To wake up with the birds and the bees and the trees. —Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024

Those can be the birds and the bees, yes, but also butterflies, beetles, and bats. —Gabriela Riccardi, Quartz, 8 May 2024

Jesse and Christophe, holding hands, look on in fascinated awe—Jesse perhaps teaching the young Christophe the birds and the bees—while the couple, out in the open, displays no shyness. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024

Edward Segarra Most parents talk to their kids about the birds and the bees. —USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024

There’s more than merely the birds and the bees conversation (buckle up). —Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 8 Aug. 2023

Rhymes for the birds and the bees

• ferromanganese
• mephistopheles
• ostracods
• abcs
• absentees
• addressees
• adoptees
• allottees
• amputees
• antifreeze
• appellees
• appointees