wet behind the ears

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   young and without much experience

   That is the Lady Grantham I first went to work for as a young hallboy wet behind the ears.

In the movies · 1

• That is the Lady Grantham I first went to work for as a young hallboy wet behind the ears.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton

From the same entry

• all wet
• get your feet wet
• wet the bed
• wet yourself

More idioms

• what's up with that
• you could hear a pin drop
• at any rate
• it's not as if
• behind bars
• tear apart
• see the light
• set foot in
• take your chances
• at this rate
• be flattered
• bridge the gap