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. I may have grown up in a small town, but I didn't just fall off the turnip truck—I actually went to college in New York City. A: "OK, just be sure not to make lewd remarks like that during the dinner party." B: "Hey, I know how to act around decent folk! I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, you know."

See also: fall, off, truck, turnip

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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

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