fall off the turnip truck

verb

To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.

“No shit, Sherlock. I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, you know.”

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Meanings

verbfall 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)

present singular third person falls off the turnip truck · participle present falling off the turnip truck · past fell off the turnip truck · participle past fallen off the turnip truck

  1. USidiomaticstativeTo be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.

    No shit, Sherlock. I didn't just fall off the turnip truck, you know.

    2 more examples

    Look sharp, and try not to seem like you just fell off the turnip truck.

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
be born yesterday

Translations

Finnish olla juntti
  • olla junttito be unsophisticated in rustic manner
Greek τρώω κουτόχορτο
  • τρώω κουτόχορτο (tróo koutóchorto)to be unsophisticated in rustic manner
Polish urodzić się wczoraj
  • urodzić się wczorajto be unsophisticated in rustic manner
Spanish caerse del guindo, caerse del nido
  • caerse del guindoto be unsophisticated in rustic manner
  • caerse del nidoto be unsophisticated in rustic manner
  • caerse de un nidoto be unsophisticated in rustic manner
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Chicago

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