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wet behind the ears

adjective as in born yesterday

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adjective as in green

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adjective as in tender

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Example Sentences

At just 22, Birmingham-born Lavender was still wet behind the ears in terms of his acting career.

From BBC

They were both ambitious and “wet behind the ears,” Fischer said.

But in this telling, Fry comes across as not just inexperienced but insecure: wet behind the ears, a little timid, wary of crossing lines.

He was naive, a bit wet behind the ears, but that got him the wins.

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Looking forward, Kerr said Simple Minds were “wet behind the ears” compared to rockers like The Who and the Rolling Stones.

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