fall off the turnip truck
Be absurdly gullible
To fall off the turnip truck is to arrive somewhere naive and unsophisticated, like a rural rube who literally tumbled from a farm vehicle.
Almost always used in the negative: I didn't just fall off the turnip truck—meaning I'm not as gullible or clueless as you seem to think.
The phrase implies someone is being underestimated or insulted.
- be born yesterdayBe extremely gullible
- born yesterdayExtremely naive and credulous
- farmAgricultural land tract
- small townModest rural settlement
- gullibleEasily deceived
green as grass · unsophisticated · naive · greenhorn · country bumpkin · idiom · unsuspecting · taken for a ride · rookie · newbie · tenderfoot · babe in the woods · clueless · wet behind the ears · rube · saying · fall off a truck · hayseed
fall off the turnip truckworldly-wise
Experienced in practical matters
streetwise · street-smart · been around the block · not born yesterday · sophisticated
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