dry behind the ears

Meaning: (idiomatic)Seasonedorexperienced;mature, especially with respect tojudgment.Antonym:wet behind the ears1850, Springfield Rep., (Whig.),Daily (Columbus) Ohio Statesman, 9 May, p. 3, col. 4:Why, you irreclaimable donkey, don’t you know the “notice” was an advertisement? When will you getdry behind the ears?1910,Jack London, chapter 3, inBurning Daylight:When you fellers was his age, you wa'n'tdry behind the earsyet. He never was no kid. He was born a full-grown man.1914October –1916July,Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 6, inThe Mucker, Chicago, Ill.:A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published31 October 1921,→OCLC:"You're past twenty-one," he said, "an'dry behind the ears."1939,John Steinbeck, chapter 10, inThe Grapes of Wrath:”When you bastards get dry behin' the ears, you'll maybe learn to let a ol' fella sleep."2001October 22,William Safire, “Essay: Advance The Story”, inNew York Times, retrieved5 October 2010:That wearing of blinders by our intelligence agents was recently revealed by The Washington Post's columnist and editor Jim Hoagland, who isdry behind the ears, to say the least.

Examples:

EN: What, they're sending me a young cub, not dry behind the ears yet?
ES: ¿Me envían a un niño... que aún no se viste solo?
EN: Yeah, and most of'em ain't dry behind the ears yet.
ES: Sí, y la mayoría están muy verdes.
EN: Someday I hope to have a navigator and a copilot who are at least dry behind the ears.
ES: Quisiera tener navegantes y copilotos adultos.
EN: - He's dry behind the ears. - Dry behind the ears.
ES: "El valor no viene con los años".
EN: - You're not even dry behind the ears yet!
ES: - ¡Pero si eres una criatura!
EN: And I don't have to answer to three whelps... who aren't even dry behind the ears yet.
ES: Y no tengo que responder ante tres cachorros... que ni siquiera están secos detrás de las orejas todavía.

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