"dry behind the ears" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1850, Springfield Rep., (Whig.), Daily (Columbus) Ohio Statesman, 9 May, p. 3, col. 4",
          "text": "Why, you irreclaimable donkey, don’t you know the “notice” was an advertisement? When will you get dry behind the ears?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Jack London, chapter 3, in Burning Daylight",
          "text": "When you fellers was his age, you wa'n't dry behind the ears yet. He never was no kid. He was born a full-grown man.",
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        {
          "ref": "1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 10, in The Grapes of Wrath",
          "text": "”When you bastards get dry behin' the ears, you'll maybe learn to let a ol' fella sleep.\"",
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          "ref": "2001 October 22, William Safire, “Essay: Advance The Story”, in New York Times, retrieved 2010-10-05",
          "text": "That wearing of blinders by our intelligence agents was recently revealed by The Washington Post's columnist and editor Jim Hoagland, who is dry behind the ears, to say the least.",
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        "Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment."
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        "(idiomatic) Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "1850, Springfield Rep., (Whig.), Daily (Columbus) Ohio Statesman, 9 May, p. 3, col. 4",
          "text": "Why, you irreclaimable donkey, don’t you know the “notice” was an advertisement? When will you get dry behind the ears?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Jack London, chapter 3, in Burning Daylight",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, John Steinbeck, chapter 10, in The Grapes of Wrath",
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        },
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          "ref": "2001 October 22, William Safire, “Essay: Advance The Story”, in New York Times, retrieved 2010-10-05",
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        "(idiomatic) Seasoned or experienced; mature, especially with respect to judgment."
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