Knowledge & Understanding - Inexpertness

Master English idioms regarding inexpertness, like "out of practice" and "wet behind the ears".

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small dog, tall weeds

used to describe a person who seems to be incapable of doing something due to a lack of necessary resources or skills

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for toffee

used to say that someone is extremely bad at doing something

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one-trick pony

a person or thing that excels at doing only one thing

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out of practice

used to say that one did not have much experience with something and therefore is not very good at it

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wet behind the ears

having little knowledge or experience of a particular situation or activity

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to lose one's touch

to no longer be able to do a certain activity as well as one did in the past

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to not (even) know the meaning of the word

to lack knowledge or understanding of a particular concept or term

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finger in the air

an unscientific or inaccurate estimate or method

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