So when a trash-talking teen-ager who is barely wet behind the ears spouts disparaging remarks about a four-time Olympic gold medalist who appears to be on course to set a career record for national championships, the ripple effect is more like a tidal wave.
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Though both Wallace and Papile are seen by some as wet behind the ears, Wallace has been in the NBA in some capacity for 14 years and was on Seattle president Wally Walker's short list of people to be interviewed for the Sonics'vacant general manager job.
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When astronomers make a picture like the Hubble Deep Field, what they get is a soup of faint galaxies, most of which are fairly nearby and a precious few that are so distant they appear as they were when the universe was still wet behind the ears.
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"I sat down with my Dad for a long time and thought about what my part in this was, where I was naive, where I was not perceptive, where I was not tough or shrewd, where I was just a bit wet behind the ears, " he said.
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"So we have to get it done . ( The Rams are ) going to come after me, I know that . . . but I was wet behind the ears ( when he made his first start ), and now I'm only a little wet behind the ears ."
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"So we have to get it done . ( The Rams are ) going to come after me, I know that . . . but I was wet behind the ears ( when he made his first start ), and now I'm only a little wet behind the ears ."
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But a long line of needy houses and pipes has come between me and that squishy comforting womb, and I'm the first to admit that I'm not wet behind the ears anymore; I've been soaked up to the knees in water that shouldn't have been where it was at the time, and I'm jaded.
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As a wet behind the ears, immature and naive farm-boy and country bumpkin, Eddie is initially mocked by his peers for his wholesome ways and trusting manner, eventually however he earns their respect by his courage, honor, friendliness and his ability to be a good teammate and comrade despite not being the most skilled paratrooper.
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"I suspect Cheney will play the experience card, saying,'I have 30-plus years in office and you're wet behind the ears, "'said Keir Murray, a Houston political consultant who has worked for Kerry and Clark . " I think as a contrast, Edwards can portray himself as young and vital versus the not entirely healthy Cheney ."
