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Meaning of you don't know where it's been | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

An object encountered in an unfamiliar place (such as outdoors) could be dirty or contaminated by germs, and should therefore not be handled through bodily contact. Chiefly said to command children not to interact with foreign objects.

childish, colloquial

Examples

“Get that banana peel out of your mouth this instant! You don't know where it's been!”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows you don't want to know you get that you get what you pay for you got a mouse in your pocket

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