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young and inexperienced 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.

2. callow callow


She's just a callow teenager so you shouldn't expect too much.
Don't be angry with him, he's just a callow youth.

English word "young and inexperienced"(callow) occurs in sets:

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