country mouse
Naive pastoral creature
A country mouse is someone from a rural area who is unfamiliar with or uncomfortable in urban settings—naive, unsophisticated, or overwhelmed by city life.
The term comes from Aesop's fable contrasting a simple country mouse with its worldly city mouse cousin.
I felt like such a country mouse my first week in Manhattan.
- ruralOf the countryside
- rusticRural and unrefined
- out of placeNot where it belongs
- AesopAncient Greek fable writer
- fableMoral tale with animals
folk tale · simple · humble · pastoral · rolling hills · barn · farmhouse · haystack · meadow · farm life · quiet · contentment · home sweet home · modest · wholesome · village · harvest · homespun
- fablesfable, Aesop, Aesop's fables, Aesop fables, tortoise and hare
- Micedormouse
country mousecity mouse
Urban-dwelling rodent character
town mouse · city slicker · urbanite · city dweller · metropolitan
country mousesophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
man of the world · woman of the world · jet-setter · socialite · bon vivant
country mouseadventurer
One pursuing exciting exploits
thrill-seeker · globetrotter · explorer · wanderer · free spirit
country, mouse, countries, countrified, countryside, countrywide, countryman, countrymen, countrywoman