born yesterday
Example Sentences
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You need not have been born yesterday to be frustrated.
From Slate • Sep. 8, 2025
"You were not born yesterday, you understood exactly what you were doing," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024
Because he was not born yesterday, Engoron is unlikely to believe that being female is an all-purpose preventative from buying into gender stereotypes, however.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2023
Bahamas Chief Magistrate JoyAnn Ferguson-Pratt contributed witty asides that often left the courtroom chuckling, once quipping "I wasn't born yesterday" at the defense counsel's interpretation of the law.
From Reuters • Dec. 14, 2022
“Really,” she said, “I wasn’t quite born yesterday, you know.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
