used to express the view that mischievous or childish behaviour is typical of boys or young men and should not cause surprise when it occurs孩子总是孩子嘛!(意为男孩子难免要淘气,不足为怪)
the big boys
men or organizations considered to be the most powerful and successful大人物(或大机构)
If you say boys will be boys, for example when a group of men are behaving noisily or aggressively, you are suggesting in a light-hearted way that this is typical male behaviour and will never change.
PHRASE
男子汉中的一员
If a man is described as one of the boys, he is accepted by a group of male friends who do things that are thought of as typically masculine.