facts of life
facts of life {n. phr.}
1. The truth which we should know about sex, marriage, and births.
His father told him the facts of life when he was old enough.
2. The truths one learns about people and their good and bad habits of life, work or play.
As a cub reporter he would learn the facts of life in the newspaper world.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms