Where does the term 'wet behind the ears' come from?

Answer 1

Wet behind the ears:

Meaning: Naive

Origin: The allusion is to the inexperience of a baby, so recently born as to be still wet.

Answer 2

"Wet behind the ears," meaning inexperienced or naive, comes to us from the wonderful world of baby farm animals. It seems that the last part of a newborn horse or cow ("foal" and "calf" to the cognoscenti) to dry out after birth is the area behind the little critter's ears. Thus, to say that someone is "wet behind the ears" is a folksy way of saying that they lack the experience or savvy necessary to accomplish a task. The first published use of "wet behind the ears" in print dates only to the early 20th century, but most authorities believe that the phrase itself is much older than that and, like many folk sayings, was used in popular speech long before anyone used it in print.

Answer 3

An idiom that means inexperienced or naive. A baby that has just been born who is still wet behind the ears among other places.

Answer 4

someone who is wet behind the ears is young, or naive. I guess it comes from the fact that a new-born baby fits that description.

Answer 5

maybe it's referring to a newborn....
still wet behind the ears



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a newborn baby is wet behind the ears!!!

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Answer 6

Means someone is young or unware. Some old dude made it up

Answer 7

My Dad used to say that all the time

Answer 8

I don't know the origin, but it means too young to know very much; green; inexperienced.

Answer 9

The same place where "beat around the bush" came from

Answer 10

it just means you're young or inexperienced, like a newborn baby