plural of man (n.). To separate the men from the boys in a figurative sense is from 1943; earliest uses tend to credit it to U.S. aviators in World War II.
One of the most expressive G.I. terms to come out of the late strife was "that's where they separate the men from the boys" -- so stated by American aviators leaning from their cockpits to observe a beach-landing under fire on some Pacific island far below. ["Arts Magazine," 1947]
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1. There should be an apostrophe here, and look, you've missed out the word "men" altogether!
这里应该有一个撇号，还有你看，你把men这个单词整个儿漏掉了！
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2. The commander and some of the men had been released.
指挥官和一些士兵已经获释。
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3. 13 men have been questioned in connection with the murder.
有13名男子因谋杀案受到盘问。
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4. It would be difficult to find two men who were more dissimilar.
很难找到彼此间差异更大的人了。
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5. They've linked her with various men, including magnate Donald Trump.
