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
Ermingard-Ancient Germanic
Janko-Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
RaineRAYNEnglish (Rare)
Callixtus-Late Roman
Elyzabethi-LIZ-ə-bəthEnglish (Rare)
EdvardED-vahrd (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Slovene, Czech, Armenian