Meaning of dry behind the ears | Babel Free

Definitions

Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Why, you irreclaimable donkey, don’t you know⟳ the “notice⟳” was an advertisement? When will you get⟳ dry behind the ears?”

“When you fellers was his age, you wa'n't dry behind the ears yet. He never was no kid. He was born a full-grown man.”

“"You're past twenty-one," he said, "an' dry behind the ears."”

“”When you bastards get⟳ dry behin' the ears, you'll maybe learn⟳ to let⟳ a ol' fella sleep⟳."”

“That wearing of blinders by our intelligence agents was recently revealed by The Washington Post's columnist and editor Jim Hoagland, who is dry behind the ears, to say⟳ the least.”

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