| 单词 | wet behind the ears |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswet behind the ears (b) wet behind the ears: naive, inexperienced, immature. [After German (noch) nass hinter den Ohren (1642 or earlier), (noch) feucht hinter den Ohren (1842 or earlier), apparently with allusion to the idea that the area behind the ears is the last part of a newborn's body to become dry after birth.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective] unwistc1374 unknowna1393 ignorantc1475 imperfect1508 rawa1513 unskilfula1547 imperite?1550 illiterate1556 strange1561 unacquainted1565 green-headed1569 unacquainted1581 unacquaint1587 unfledged1603 inexperienced1626 guiltless1667 inexperient1670 unconversanta1674 unversed1675 uninitiated1678 a stranger to1697 uninitiate1801 inconversant1802 lay1821 griffish1836 wet behind the ears1851 neophytic1856 griffinish1860 experienceless1875 neophytish1897 wet-eared1967 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed > not used or experienced youngOE inexpertc1450 unfleshed1542 green1548 fresha1557 callow1580 pen-feathered1598 puisne1598 puny1602 unfledgeda1616 inexperienced1626 pin-feathered1641 sucking1648 infledgeda1661 inexperient1670 fledgeless1769 wet behind the ears1851 1851 Boston Daily Atlas 25 Mar. Such a louse student, who is still wet behind his ears, thinks because he is received in the castle, he is some great person! 1921 E. O'Neill Straw i. ii. 36 Is it the like of a young jackass like you that's still wet behind the ears to be tellin' me I'm drunk? 1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 375 Wet behind the ears, a term of reproach imputing ignorance or youth. 1962 J. F. Straker Coil of Rope vii. 71 You're still wet behind the ears, darling. It's time you grew up. 1968 W. J. Burley Three Toed Pussy iv. 68 I am not an abortionist but neither am I wet behind the ears. I've been around. 2004 S. Quigley Run for Home (2005) xi. 168 Kerry pet, yer act so grown up at times that I forget yer still wet behind the ears. < as lemmas |
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