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be born yesterday

verb

Definitions

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

    • I was not born yesterday, you know. I have done this before!
    • "Do you think," he added, with an ironical grin, "that you'll go for to gammon me into that air! I'm hinnocent, I know, but I wasn't born yesterday exactly."
    • "Say, do I look like I was born yesterday? See any green in my eye, Cactus Center?"

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