man and boy

English

WOTD – 12 August 2021

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmæn n̩ ˈbɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Adverb

man and boy (not comparable)

1. (British) During one's manhood and boyhood; since one's childhood; all one's life.

   I’ve lived here forty years, man and boy.

Translations

during one’s manhood and boyhood; all one’s life

• Hungarian: világéletében (hu)
• Macedonian: цел жи́вот (cel žívot) (whole life)
• Russian: и ма́льчиком, и мужчи́ной (i málʹčikom, i mužčínoj), и ма́льчиком, и му́жем (i málʹčikom, i múžem) (archaic)

See also

• woman and girl

Further reading

• “man and boy, adv.” under “man, n.¹ (and int.)”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021.
• “man and boy, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “man and boy”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “man and boy” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “man and boy” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.