fall off the turnip truck
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fall off the turnip truck (third-person singular simple present falls off the turnip truck, present participle falling off the turnip truck, simple past fell off the turnip truck, past participle fallen off the turnip truck)
- (chiefly US, stative, idiomatic) To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.
- 2006 February 14, “Opinion: The Picture of Stupidity”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 16 September 2008:
- Doesn't it strike you as funny that this city, which prides itself on its erudition and sophistication, can oftimes get suckered like a bumpkin who just fell off the turnip truck?
Usage notes[edit]
- Often used in the past tense and preceded by "just."
Translations[edit]
to be unsophisticated in rustic manner
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