born yesterday

Example Sentences

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Penelope gulped, adjusted her rumpled velvet cloak, and tried once more to convince the captain, through pantomime and whatever words in English or French he seemed to recognize, that she was not a stowaway precisely, but more of an accidental passenger, and that the Queen of England would pay generously for her safe passage home, but Captain Strøm was not born yesterday, as the saying goes.

From Literature

You need not have been born yesterday to be frustrated.

From Slate

She also toured in “Gypsy,” “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Born Yesterday” and “The Desk Set.”

From Seattle Times

Those born yesterday will be shocked to learn that Noem’s compendium of veepstakes-timed fluff was written by a ghostwriter, on whom Noem’s spokesperson Ian Fury initially laid part of the blame.

From Slate

Freedom Caucus members weren’t born yesterday.

From Slate