Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dry behind the ears

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: dry be-hind the ears
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.

Example Sentences

"Why, you irreclaimable donkey, don’t you know the “notice” was an advertisement? When will you get dry behind the ears?"
"When you fellers was his age, you wa'n't dry behind the ears yet. He never was no kid. He was born a full-grown man."
""You're past twenty-one," he said, "an' dry behind the ears.""
"”When you bastards get dry behin' the ears, you'll maybe learn to let a ol' fella sleep.""
"That wearing of blinders by our intelligence agents was recently revealed by The Washington Post's columnist and editor Jim Hoagland, who is dry behind the ears, to say the least."

Antonyms

wet behind the ears

Questions

What does dry behind the ears mean?: Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment.

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