Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

be born yesterday

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: be born yes-ter-day
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Informal

Example Sentences

"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?""
""Compared to me, you were born yesterday.""
"If you don't know important things about history, then it's as if you were born yesterday."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

is born yesterday (present, singular) was born yesterday (past)

Phrases

born at night but not last night not one's first rodeo today years old

Frequently Paired Words

born at night but not last night not one's first rodeo today years old

Synonyms

fall off the turnip truck be born last week come down in the last shower

Questions

What does be born yesterday mean?: To be new, naive, innocent, inexperienced, or easily deceived.

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