not 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 were not born yesterday, you understood exactly what you were doing," he said.

From BBC

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

I was not born yesterday, and the last few bogus trickle-down tax laws did not help me or anybody I know in any way.

From New York Times

Perhaps he was under the weather or had had a few cocktails but Kuttner was not born yesterday saw through his ploy. 

From Salon