green as a gooseberry

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green as a gooseberry

adjective

  1. Young and inexperienced.

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adj very young and inexperienced

Deutschgrün hinter den Ohren
Русскиймолоко́ на губа́х не обсо́хло molokó na gubáx ne obsóxlo

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@misc{green_as_a_gooseberry_2026,
  title = {green as a gooseberry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/green%20as%20a%20gooseberry},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}