Rate this phrase:0.0 / 0 votes

Born Yesterday

One who is immature and not experienced, one who does not know a lot of tricks or statements that people use to fool others

Etymology:

  • This idiom was used for the first time in the 18th century. This idiom was used to refer to young babies, who did not have any knowledge or experience of life. Late this idiom was used on different platforms to describe a person, who did not have much knowledge about life. Or a person was not polished enough through different experiences of practical life to make right decisions. There are many people, who do not have enough knowledge about the practicalities of life.
53 Views

It’s so easy to deceive Mr. Andrews it is just like he was born yesterday.

Submitted on February 25, 2019

Additional definitions for 'Born Yesterday':

born yesterdayNew, naive, innocent, inexperienced or easily deceived.
See them all »

Translation

Find a translation for the Born Yesterday phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to Born Yesterday

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this Born Yesterday phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this Born Yesterday definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Born Yesterday." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/born-yesterday_44508>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    Put the pedal to the ________.
    A metal
    B cretin
    C steel
    D gretel