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to be new at something or somewhere and so lack the necessary experience in English:

1. wet behind the ears wet behind the ears


From the way the soldier handled the gun, everyone could tell that he was wet behind the ears.
A 40 year old punk still wet behind the ears.

English word "to be new at something or somewhere and so lack the necessary experience"(wet behind the ears) occurs in sets:

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