town mouse
Fable's urban rodent
A town mouse is a person accustomed to urban life and its comforts, often contrasted with a country mouse who prefers rural simplicity.
The phrase comes from Aesop's fable in which a city mouse and country mouse visit each other's homes, each finding the other's lifestyle unsuitable.
I'm a town mouse—I need coffee shops and bookstores within walking distance.
- cityLarge populated area
- city lifeExistence in populated centers
- AesopAncient Greek fable writer
- fableMoral tale with animals
- urbanPertaining to cities
simple living · tale · cheese · feast · danger · narrow escape · cat · trap · luxury · fine dining · simplicity · cousin · visitor · banquet · pantry · crumbs · scurrying · whiskers
- fablesfable, Aesop, Aesop's fables, Aesop fables, tortoise and hare
town mousecountry mouse
Unsophisticated rural dweller
country bumpkin · rustic · countryman · villager · country cousin
town mousecountry mouse
Unsophisticated rural dweller
bumpkin · rube · homebody · salt of the earth
town, mouse, towns, township, townsman, townspeople, townsfolk, mouser, mousy