be born yesterday

英语

词源

born + yesterday

动词

v.　to be born yesterday （僅過去時）

1. 新的、无知的、天真的、无经验的或者容易上当的

   I was't born yesterday.

   我不是昨天出生的；我不是小婴儿；我不是小朋友；别拿我当笨蛋。

   I was not born yesterday, you know. I have done this before!

   • 2005, Howard Zinn and Donaldo Pereira Macedo, Howard Zinn on Democratic Education‎, page 69:

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

   如果你不知道重要的历史事件，那你就好象是昨天出生的笨蛋。

   • 1998, Gwyn Hyman Rubio, Icy Sparks‎, page 155:

     "Compared to me, you were born yesterday."

     跟我相比，你太无知了。