innocent as a lamb
Pure and unsuspecting
Innocent as a lamb describes someone who is completely guileless, naive, or free from wrongdoing.
The comparison draws on the lamb's cultural association with purity and harmlessness—young sheep appear gentle and defenseless.
The phrase often carries a hint of skepticism when applied to adults, suggesting the innocence may be feigned or that the person is too trusting for their own good.
She looked innocent as a lamb, but I wasn't fooled.
- guilelessFree from deceit
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- born yesterdayExtremely naive and credulous
- blamelessFree of wrongdoing
- unblemishedFree from any defect
pure of heart · spotless record · unsullied · white as snow · defenselessness · pure · immaculate · unsophisticated · unworldliness · wholesome · artlessness · bleating · woolly · untouched · harmless · sinless · meekness · undefiled
- innocencepurity, pure, blameless, naive, naivety
- youth sayingsfountain of youth, salad days, spring chicken, tender age, young at heart
innocent as a lambrotten to the core
Completely without moral value
guilty as sin · wicked · corrupt · depraved · sinful
innocent as a lambjaded
Dulled by overindulgence
worldly-wise · sly as a fox · cynical · cunning · crafty
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