Wet behind the ears
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An idiom that means inexperienced or naive.
Its meaning comes from a baby that has just been born and is still wet behind the ears among other places.
This term might alternatively have originated [on the farm], as it is said that [after birth] the last part of a [foal] or calf to dry is the area behind its ears.
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