Phrase guide

be born yesterday

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To be new, naive, innocent, inexperienced, or easily deceived.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, stative

Examples

  • I was not born yesterday, you know. I have done this before!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fall off the turnip truck, be born last week, come down in the last shower

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: van gisteren zijn — to be inexperienced
  • Finnish: olla märkäkorva — to be inexperienced
  • Finnish: olla eilisen teeren poika — to be inexperienced
  • French: ne pas être né de la dernière pluie — to be inexperienced
  • German: von gestern sein — to be inexperienced
  • Hungarian: most jött le a falvédőről — to be inexperienced
  • Hungarian: most jött a hathúszassal — to be inexperienced
  • Italian: essere nato ieri — to be inexperienced
  • Polish: spaść z księżyca — to be inexperienced
  • Portuguese: ser nascido ontem — to be inexperienced
  • Russian: вчера́ роди́лся (včerá rodílsja) — to be inexperienced
  • Scottish Gaelic: cha b' ann an-diugh no an-dè a rugadh mise — to be inexperienced
  • Spanish: haber nacido ayer — to be inexperienced
  • Spanish: nacer ayer — to be inexperienced
  • Spanish: caerse de un guindo — to be inexperienced
  • Spanish: caerse del nido — to be inexperienced
  • Spanish: chuparse el dedo — to be inexperienced
  • Swedish: vara född igår — to be inexperienced
  • Swedish: född i farstun — to be inexperienced