wet behind the ears

短语

少不更事的, 初出茅庐的, 乳臭未干的

发音

AU

别名

wet-behind-the-ears

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Inexperienced; just beginning; immature (especially in judgment).

    乳臭未干

    少不更事的

    习语

词源

First use appears c. 1850 in Pennsylvania, a calque of German feucht hinter den Ohren. From the drying of amniotic fluid of a baby after birth, specifically a newborn farm animal, whose ears are the last to dry, partly because it is licked dry by its mother everywhere else. Alternative forms also derive from German.

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