what does the saying still wet behind the ears mean?

Answer 1

inexperienced

You jumped into a pool (which represents whatever you got involved with), and although you came out of it, and dried yourself off, you're still wet behind the ears, so you don'tknow 'everything'

Answer 2

That your new, or Naive.

Origin

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

This phrase was in circulation in the USA in the early 20th century - twenty years before it was first recorded elsewhere. The converse of the phrase - 'dry back of the ears', was also known in the USA from around the same date. That was recorded in the American Dialect Society's Dialect Notes IV, 1914:

"Dry back of the ears, mature; - of persons."

The earliest citation I can find for 'wet behind the ears' is from the Portsmouth Daily Times, October 1911:

"There is not much in the matter so far as the organ [the courthouse record] is concerned except it is so new that it is wet behind the ears yet".

Answer 3

Found this for you

Wet behind the ears

Meaning

Naive.

Origin

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

This phrase was in circulation in the USA in the early 20th century - twenty years before it was first recorded elsewhere. The converse of the phrase - 'dry back of the ears', was also known in the USA from around the same date. That was recorded in the American Dialect Society's Dialect Notes IV, 1914:

"Dry back of the ears, mature; - of persons."

The earliest citation I can find for 'wet behind the ears' is from the Portsmouth Daily Times, October 1911:

"There is not much in the matter so far as the organ [the courthouse record] is concerned except it is so new that it is wet behind the ears yet".

Answer 4

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Meaning: Very gullible or innocent

Origin: The 'wetness' is supposed to be from just being born. As in: you still have the fluid from your mothers womb behind your ears.

If someone is wet behind the ears they are regarded as being inexperienced and new to a task. The saying is many hundred of years old and comes from the fact that many animals, when they are new born, have a small depression behind the ears. The young themselves are wet at birth and this depression is the last thing to dry out. By the time it does, the animal is a little older and possibly wiser.

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Answer 5

Hey =)

When people say 'your still wet behind the ears', they mean that you are still gullible or innocent. It also means that you're still inexperienced and new to the task.

Go on the link below, that's where I'm getting the answer from. Lol.

Answer 6

When a baby is born it is moist behind the ears and continues to be an area to be carefully watched as sweats there a lot. Hence, baby like - wet behind the ears.

Answer 7

Inexperienced.

Answer 8

the lack of experience is called still wet behind the ears.

inexperience ie.

Answer 9

He's bragging that he will make you so excited that your natural lubricating fluids will flow out of you at a tremendous rate. It's your choice how to take this.

Answer 10

Naive