out of the mouths of babes

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1. Young and inexperienced persons often can be remarkably wise, as in She's only six but she said, quite rightly, that Harry was afraid of the sitter—out of the mouths of babes, Mother said. This expression is a shortening and revision of expressions in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. In Psalms 8:2, God ordains strength out of the mouth of babes and sucklings; in Matthew 21:16, praise comes from this source. Later generations changed strength and praise to wisdom.

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out of the mouths of babes

We want to hear what our fans have to say, because sometimes out of the mouths of babes come great ideas.

From Time ● Apr. 10, 2014

As the Nathan case demonstrates, what comes out of the mouths of babes is now often admissible as evidence and is more and more believed by judges and juries.

From Time Magazine Archive

A procession of wit and wisdom out of the mouths of babes.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the sect consumed by fire, the tales of life in Mount Carmel come mostly out of the mouths of babes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wisdom, we know, sometimes proceeds out of the mouths of babes and sucklings.

From The Intriguers by William Le Queux