fell off the turnip truck
Born yesterday, apparently
To fall off the turnip truck is to arrive somewhere naive and unsophisticated, like a country rube who literally rode into the city on a vegetable cart.
Almost always used in the negative to assert one's worldliness: I wasn't born yesterday—I didn't just fall off the turnip truck.
The phrase implies the speaker can't be easily fooled or deceived.
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
- easy markReadily deceived person
- easy targetVulnerable person or thing
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
- born yesterdayExtremely naive and credulous
wet behind the ears · green as grass · wide-eyed · babe in the woods · country bumpkin · newbie · sucker · simpleton · taken for a ride · novice · clueless · innocent · trusting · unsophisticated · fledgling · dupe · fresh-faced · patsy
fell off the turnip truckstreetwise
Shrewd from urban experience
worldly · savvy · sophisticated · been around the block · knows the score
fell off the turnip truckcity slicker
Savvy metropolitan dweller
cosmopolitan · urbane · man of the world · woman of the world · well-traveled
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