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born yesterday
born yesterday
Extremely na?ve, gullible, or unintelligent, like a newborn baby. Almost always used in the negative or as a rhetorical question. Don't think you can fool me with that old ruse, I wasn't born yesterday, you know. Of course I know that major political issues can't be fixed overnight. Do you think I was born yesterday?
born yesterday
Naive or ignorant. Used in negative constructions: Of course I can use a computer; I wasn't born yesterday.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Gabija | | - | Lithuanian, Baltic Mythology |
Peregrine | | PER-ə-grin, PER-ə-green | English (Rare) |
Meera | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada |
Calixto | | - | Spanish, Portuguese |
Barnabas | | BAHR-nah-bahs (German), BAHR-nə-bəs (English) | German, English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
ThorbjÖRn | | - | Swedish |