What does wet behind the ears mean?
Idiom Meaning:
lacking experience or maturity
Examples of this Idiom in Movies & TV Shows:
Bandidas (2006)
Time of Scene:
Quentin Cooke: Besides, you’re not alone.
Sara Sandoval: Right. A gun-happy farm girl, an ugly dog, a wet-behind-the-ears cop and a spoiled brat. What a team!
Sister Act (1992)
Time of Scene:
Sister Mary Lazarus: Do you really think they could get better?
Sister Mary Clarence: I don’t know, they’re pretty raw.
Sister Mary Lazarus: Wet behind the ears.
Sister Mary Patrick: Oh please let us try.
Sister Mary Clarence: This is gonna be hell.
Sister Mary Lazarus: Tell me about it.
The Man with Two Brains (1983)
Time of Scene:
Little Girl: Sounds like a subdural hematoma to me.
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: Oh, it does, does it? Well, it’s not your job to diagnose.
Little Girl: But I thought…
Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr: You thought, you thought. Just go. Three years of nursery school and you think you know it all. Well, you’re still wet behind the ears. It’s not a subdural hematoma. It’s epidural.
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