fall off the turnip truck en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(US, idiomatic, stative) To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.
Look sharp, and try not to seem like you just fell off the turnip truck.
No shit, Sherlock. I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, you know.
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?
2006 February 14, “Opinion: The Picture of Stupidity”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 16 Sep 2008:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| falls off the turnip truck | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fallen off the turnip truck | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fell off the turnip truck | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| falling off the turnip truck | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
fall off a truck · not one's first rodeo · be born yesterday
Translations (6)
pl urodzić się wczoraj (to be unsophisticated in rustic manner) · fi olla juntti (to be unsophisticated in rustic manner) · es caerse del guindo (to be unsophisticated in rustic manner) · es caerse del nido (to be unsophisticated in rustic manner) · el τρώω κουτόχορτο (to be unsophisticated in rustic manner) · es caerse de un nido (to be unsophisticated in rustic manner)