Meaning
lacking experience; immature.
Examples
“he’s a nice young fellow but a bit wet behind the ears”
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘wet behind the ears’ mean?
The idiom ‘wet behind the ears’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘wet behind the ears’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘wet behind the ears’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.