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Korean idiom be wet behind the ears

Idioms linked to “이마01” · Linked dictionary word

이마에 피도 안 마르다

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  • 이마에 피도 안 마르다

English rendering be wet behind the ears Literal translation: “the blood on the forehead is not dry”

Meaning 1

아직 어른이 되려면 멀었다. 또는 나이가 어리다.

To be far from adulthood, or to be young.

Dictionary example 1

형들은 항상 자기들끼리만 이야기하고 혹시나 내가 끼어들려 하면 이마에 피도 안 마른 녀석이니 뭐니 하면서 날 항상 어린애 취급을 한다.

My older brothers always talk among themselves, and if I try to join in, they call me wet behind the ears and always treat me as a child.

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“이마에 피도 안 마르다” — be wet behind the ears: To be far from adulthood, or to be young.
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