just fell off the turnip truck

fall off the turnip truck

To be gullible, naïve, or unsophisticated. The subject is often a person from a rural or rustic background. Mary has no idea about how to act in polite society, always behaving as if she just fell off the turnip truck.

just fell off the turnip truck

Rur. ignorant; unsophisticated. He stood there gawking at the buildings in town like he just fell off the turnip truck. My cousin acts like she just fell off the turnip truck.

See also: fell, just, off, truck, turnip

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

fall off the cabbage truck
fall off the turnip truck
turnip
greenhorn
a babe in arms
babe in arms
babe in the woods
babes in the wood
a babe in the woods
I wasn't born yesterday

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Does Murray believe we just fell off the turnip truck?

Just maybe Murray's story is true

词组	just fell off the turnip truck
释义	just fell off the turnip truck fall off the turnip truck To be gullible, naïve, or unsophisticated. The subject is often a person from a rural or rustic background. Mary has no idea about how to act in polite society, always behaving as if she just fell off the turnip truck. See also: fall, off, truck, turnip Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. just fell off the turnip truck Rur. ignorant; unsophisticated. He stood there gawking at the buildings in town like he just fell off the turnip truck. My cousin acts like she just fell off the turnip truck. See also: fell, just, off, truck, turnip McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: fall off the cabbage truck fall off the turnip truck turnip greenhorn a babe in arms babe in arms babe in the woods babes in the wood a babe in the woods I wasn't born yesterday References in periodicals archive Does Murray believe we just fell off the turnip truck? Just maybe Murray's story is true
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