WET BEHIND THE EARS

Meaning of WET BEHIND THE EARS in English

adj. phr. , informal Not experienced; not knowing how to do something; new in a job or place. The new student is still wet behind the ears; he has not yet learned the tricks that the boys play on each other.

Compare: DRY BEHIND THE EARS.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

WET BEHIND THE EARS — phrasal immature , inexperienced
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WET BEHIND THE EARS — phrasal : immature : inexperienced
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WET BEHIND THE EARS — innocent, naive; novice, beginner
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WET BEHIND THE EARS — : immature , inexperienced
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WET BEHIND THE EARS — IMMATURE , INEXPERIENCED
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WET BEHIND THE EARS — informal lacking experience; immature. → the westward
Concise Oxford English vocab
WET BEHIND THE EARS — see wet
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WET BEHIND THE EARS — see wet
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WET BEHIND THE EARS — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not experienced; not knowing how to do something; new in a job or place. * /The new …
Slang English vocab
WET BEHIND THE EARS — {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not experienced; not knowing how to do something; new in a job or place. * /The new …
Словарь английских идиом
WET BEHIND THE EARS — (See still wet behind the ears)
English Idioms vocab
WET BEHIND THE EARS — See still wet behind the ears
English Idioms vocabulary
WET BEHIND THE EARS — молоко на губах не обсохло
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WET BEHIND THE EARS — необстрелянный, зеленый еще, желторотый: - The new soldiers of the company are still wet behind the ears.- Новые солдаты роты …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
WET BEHIND THE EARS — необстрелянный, зеленый еще, желторотый: - The new soldiers of the company are still wet behind the ears.- Новые солдаты роты …
English Russian slang dictionary
WET BEHIND THE EARS — молоко на губах не обсохло
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EARS — THE WIPING OF THE EARS: The Imamis are agreed - in following the Imams from the pure family - that …
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
EARS — dalunggan;dunggan
English-Visayan vocabulary
WET — I. ˈwet, usu -ed.+V verb ( wet or wetted ; wet or wetted ; wetting ; wets ) Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEHIND — I. bə̇ˈhīnd, bē- adverb (or adjective) Etymology: Middle English behinde, behinden, from Old English behindan, from be- + hindan from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EARS — plural of ear present third singular of ear
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WET
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEHIND — /bi huynd"/ , prep. 1. at or toward the rear of: Look behind the house. 2. not keeping up with, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WET — I. ˈwet adjective ( wet·ter ; wet·test ) Etymology: Middle English, partly from past participle of weten to wet & …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEHIND
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WET — adj a dram; a drink. 2. wet ·impf & ·p.p. of wet. 3. wet ·superl refreshed with liquor; drunk. 4. …
Webster English vocab
BEHIND — noun the backside; the rump. 2. behind ·adv at the back part; in the rear. 3. behind ·adv backward in …
Webster English vocab
WET — [wet] adj wet.ter ; wet.test [ME, partly fr. pp. of weten to wet & partly fr. OE waet wet; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEHIND — [be.hind] adv or adj [ME behinde, fr. OE behindan, fr. be- + hindan from behind; akin to OE hinder behind--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WET — wet BrE AmE wet ▷ wets wets ▷ wetted ˈwet ɪd -əd AmE ˈwet̬ əd ▷ wetter ˈwet ə AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WET — / wet; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective ( wet·ter , wet·test ) 1. covered with or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEHIND — / bɪˈhaɪnd; NAmE / preposition , adverb , noun ■ preposition 1. at or towards the back of sb/sth, and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WET — I. wet 1 S2 W3 /wet/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative wetter , superlative wettest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEHIND — I. be ‧ hind 1 S1 W1 /bɪˈhaɪnd/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: behindan …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WET
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEHIND — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 a in, towards, or to the rear of. b on the further side of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WET
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEHIND — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 a in, towards, or to the rear of. b on the further side of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WET
Oxford English vocab
BEHIND — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. a in, towards, or to the rear of. b on the further side of …
Oxford English vocab
BEHIND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /bɪhaɪnd/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WET — ( wetter, wettest, wets, wetting, wetted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEHIND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WET — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a damp/wet patch ▪ There were damp patches on the ceilings. a dry/wet spell …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEHIND — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be behind/trailing in the polls ▪ At the moment the Democrats are trailing in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WET — (NOT DRY) [adjective], [noun] [U] wetter, wettest - with liquid in, on or around (something); not drya wet floora wet …
Cambridge English vocab
BEHIND — See: DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FALL BEHIND, GET BEHIND, HANG BACK or HANG BEHIND.
Slang English vocab
BEHIND — n 1. buttocks. ("He slapped her on the behind.") 2. the seat behind the passenger seat in a vehicle. ("I …
Slang English vocab
WET — I. wet verb to make wet by or as if by saturating with water they were wet thoroughly by the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WET — INDEX: 1. wet 2. slightly wet 3. when the air feels wet 4. to make someone or something wet 5. …
Longman Activator English vocab
EARS — • ↑ be all ears • ↑ be up to your ears/neck in • ↑ be up to your neck/ears …
Longman Activator English vocab
BEHIND — INDEX: 1. at the back of something and usually hidden by it 2. the area behind the things or people …
Longman Activator English vocab
BEHIND — • ↑ be behind • ↑ be behind schedule • ↑ be behind with • ↑ fall/drop behind • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
WET
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEHIND — n. 25B6; preposition he hid behind a tree : AT THE BACK/REAR OF, beyond, on the far/other side of; N. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EARS — n pl (euph) яички
Dirty English-Russian vocab
WET — adj. 1 moist, moistened, damp, dampened, soaked, soaking, sopping, wringing, dripping, sodden, soppy, saturated, drenched During the rainy season, the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BEHIND — See: DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FALL BEHIND, GET BEHIND, HANG BACK or HANG BEHIND.
Словарь английских идиом
EARS — sear sera
Anagrams English vocabulary
EARS — Electronic Access to Reference Services + Electronic Authoring and Routing System [DEC] + Explicit Archive and Retrieval System [Langley Research]
Computer Abbreviations English vocabulary
EARS — Explicit Archive and Retrieval System
Computer Acronyms English vocab
BEHIND — preposition BAD : At night I keep my wallet behind my pillow. GOOD : At night I keep my wallet …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WET
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EARS — Уши
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

American Idioms English vocabulary

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