英语词汇“dry behind the ears”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) dry behind the ears: adult, experienced, mature. Also occasionally dry back of the ears. Usually in (effectively) negative contexts. [After German (noch nicht) trocken hinter den Ohren (1712 or earlier): see note at wet behind the ears at Phrases 1b(b).]

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1802 Port Folio 21 Aug. 257/3 The French call such inexperienced uneducated boys, green creoles, (des créoles verts), as in German we usually say of such a person, ‘he is not yet dry behind the ears’.

1871 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 28 112 Until parents will cease allowing their children to be men and women before they lose their bread-and-butter odor, or get fairly dry behind the ears, there seems to be no help for it.

1904 J. London Daughter of Snows xiii. 140 You staked that claim before he was dry behind the ears.

1914 Dial. Notes 4 105 Dry back of the ears, mature;—of persons.

1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath ix. 109 When you bastards get dry behin' the ears, you'll maybe learn to let an ol' fella sleep.

1943 D. Whitehead in Combat Reporter (2006) 126 O'Donovan, their conducting officer, isn't dry back of the ears.

1995 New Yorker 25 Dec. 81/2 I keep thinking you've been hanging out for long enough—that you ought to be dry behind the ears by now.

单词	dry behind the ears
释义	> as lemmas dry behind the ears (a) dry behind the ears: adult, experienced, mature. Also occasionally dry back of the ears. Usually in (effectively) negative contexts. [After German (noch nicht) trocken hinter den Ohren (1712 or earlier): see note at wet behind the ears at Phrases 1b(b).] ΚΠ 1802 Port Folio 21 Aug. 257/3 The French call such inexperienced uneducated boys, green creoles, (des créoles verts), as in German we usually say of such a person, ‘he is not yet dry behind the ears’. 1871 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 28 112 Until parents will cease allowing their children to be men and women before they lose their bread-and-butter odor, or get fairly dry behind the ears, there seems to be no help for it. 1904 J. London Daughter of Snows xiii. 140 You staked that claim before he was dry behind the ears. 1914 Dial. Notes 4 105 Dry back of the ears, mature;—of persons. 1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath ix. 109 When you bastards get dry behin' the ears, you'll maybe learn to let an ol' fella sleep. 1943 D. Whitehead in Combat Reporter (2006) 126 O'Donovan, their conducting officer, isn't dry back of the ears. 1995 New Yorker 25 Dec. 81/2 I keep thinking you've been hanging out for long enough—that you ought to be dry behind the ears by now. extracted from earn.¹ < as lemmas
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