facts of life

Knowledge of sexual reproduction, as in Some people feel that the facts of life should not be taught in school. [Late 1800s] Also see birds and the bees.

facts of life

1. n. an explanation of human reproduction, especially as presented to a child. No one ever explained the facts of life to me. I read books about it.

2. n. the truth about life’s difficulties. You had better face up to the facts of life and get a job.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Spike	SPIEK	English (Rare)
Ethan	EE-thən (English)	English, Jewish, French, Biblical, Biblical Latin
Aibek	-	Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Branislav	-	Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Anna	AN-a (English), AHN-nah (Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Polish), AH-nah (German, Russian), AN-nah (Danish)	English, Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Greek, Hung
Ahtisaari	[ahtisari:]