born yesterday

Extremely na?ve, gullible, or unintelligent, like a newborn baby. Almost always used in the negative or as a rhetorical question. Don't think you can fool me with that old ruse, I wasn't born yesterday, you know. Of course I know that major political issues can't be fixed overnight. Do you think I was born yesterday?

born yesterday

Naive or ignorant. Used in negative constructions: Of course I can use a computer; I wasn't born yesterday.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gennaro	-	Italian
Ardghal	AHR-dahl	Irish
Yeong-Ja	yung-jah	Korean
Orville	['ɔ:vil]
Shel	SHEL	English
Sture	STOO-re (Swedish)	Swedish, Medieval Scandinavian