fall off the turnip truck



fall off the turnip truck

To be gullible, na?ve, 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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ella (2)EL-ə (English), EL-lah (Finnish)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
HildegardeHIL-de-gahr-dəGerman (Rare)
Marcellinomahr-chel-LEE-noItalian
Atkins['ætkinz]
Sanctius-Late Roman
Erebus-Greek Mythology (Latinized)