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Out of the Mouths of Babes

Young or inexperienced people often say remarkable things, children sometimes say insightful things

Etymology:

  • This expression is the short form of “out of the mouths of babes come smart ideas.” As the full version is very long, people tend to use the short form as it also explains the whole idea. Some of the similar expressions have been used in the Bible.
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She is just seven but what she said was out of mouth of babes.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

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de la bouche des bébés

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out of the pictureout of sight, out of mindout of sightout of the questionout of stockout of the wayout of the wayout of the mouths of babes and sucklingsOut of Sight, Out of Mindout of the pictureout of the boxOut of the Clear Blue Skyout of the blueout of the running

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