Complete Definition of "born yesterday"

English

Idiom
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born yesterday

  1. idiom new, naive, innocent, inexperienced or easily deceived

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

Usage notes
Mostly used in the negative, to indicate not as naive as had been implied.

Translations
Finnish: märkäkorva
Russian: в�е�а �одил�� (Я не в�е�а �одил��), � л�н� �валил�� (fell from the moon)
Spanish: Nacer ayer (Yo no nací ayer)

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