birds and bees
nounEtymology Derived from analogies of pollination and egglaying for sexual intercourse and ovulation respectively.
1
Euphemistic, Idiomatic Informal education about sex.
- 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.
- Related terms
- the talk