immature or poor skill
to be inexperienced
to be new at something or somewhere and so lack the necessary experience
From the way the soldier handled the gun, everyone could tell that he was wet behind the ears.
The new salesman’s amateur techniques proved to everybody at the meeting that he was wet behind the ears.
There is nothing wrong with appearing to be wet behind the ears; it is a process every new person to an organisation has to go through.
Matthew’s inability to contribute to the topic at hand showed he was wet behind the ears when it comes to marketing.
When it comes to making a first time impression, it can be embarrassing to be seen as being wet behind the ears.
There is no origin for this idiom
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