boys and girls

boys and girls

When not used to address children, a familiar and/or diminutive version of "ladies and gentlemen," i.e., everyone who is present. Boys and girls, we're going to conduct a quick survey on your experience with us today, if that's all right. Okay, listen up boys and girls: we only have three hours to complete this project, so let's get to work.
See also: and, boy, girl
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • ladies and gentlemen
  • all y'all
  • ceremony
  • not stand on ceremony
  • get (something) rolling
  • get rolling
  • think inside the box
  • thinking inside the box
  • put them together for someone
  • put your hands together
References in classic literature
When boys and girls are growing up, life can't stand still, not even in the quietest of country towns; and they have to grow up, whether they will or no.
At last there was something to do in those long, empty summer evenings, when the married people sat like images on their front porches, and the boys and girls tramped and tramped the board sidewalks-- northward to the edge of the open prairie, south to the depot, then back again to the post-office, the ice-cream parlour, the butcher shop.
He entered the church, now, with a swarm of clean and noisy boys and girls, proceeded to his seat and started a quarrel with the first boy that came handy.
That is the way good little boys and girls should do.
Boys and girls each have unique challenges mdash societal, culturalisation and biological, among others.MISSING SCHOOLWe should not have girls missing school because of menstruation.
A total of 130 players will see action in different age brackets: 10-under unisex, 12-under boys and girls, 14-under boys and girls, 16-under boys and girls and 18-under boys and girls.
Even in this digital age we still have paper boys and girls, but today they're called 'newspaper deliverers' - not quite the same!
The JTI program attracted a large number of school going boys and girls in the recent months in Karachi ands Lahore.
According to the statistical data issued by the Controller BISE Larkana Sikandar Ali Kirjat, out of 37,306 (boys and girls) registered candidates 25640 boys and 11648 girls appeared in the annual examinations-2015 in Science Group.
Clubs should normally be for both boys and girls unless it's something like girls' football (soccer).
The events in which previous records have been bettered include 100m freestyle for boys and girls, 400m freestyle for boys and girls, 50m backstroke for boys and girls, 200m backstroke for boys and girls, 50m breaststroke for boys and girls, 200m breaststroke for boys and girls, 100m breaststroke for boys, 50m butterfly for boys and girls, 200m butterfly and 200m individual medley.
They are looking at schools with the smallest differences between boys and girls and at how they achieve this.
As both letters indicate, one provocative explanation is that boys and girls have distinct learning styles, which may be more effectively accommodated by same-gender teachers as they are currently trained.
Over the years, other sponsored awards programs have included the Army Reserve MVSP (Most Valuable Senior Player) in boys and girls soccer, the Franklin Life Insurance Coaching Awards (which rostered more than 11,000 winners in its three-year run), the Norelco Tripleheader Scholarship Program (distributing $15,000 in scholarships annually to scholar-athletes), the K-Swiss Scholarships, Schutt Sports' All-American HS Football Team, the Reebok Junior All-Stars (football) and the AFLAC Assistant Coach of the Year program, recognizing outstanding assistant coaches on both the high school and college levels.
Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence.