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Caroline Tran
2021-02-27 08:02
Just Fell Off the Turnip Truck negative spoken language
Used to describe someone who is naive, gullible, inexperienced, easily fooled, ignorant, unsophisticated, etc.
A cup of coffee for $50? Do you think I just fell off the turnip truck?
He is so weird, he acts like he just fell off the turnip truck.
To have no money
To say, or believe something or someone that seems completely crazy, delusional, or stupid
A person who is low-witted or stupid
It is most often used in the past tense and preceded by ‘just’.
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This idiom was used since at least the 1970’s and people have suggested many plausible origins for it. One of the origins was the idea of a country man who has hitched a ride to town on a farmer’s turnip truck.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. The phrase is used to talk about the earth that is broken up and flattened by a harrow.
2. If somebody is under the harrow, he or she is forced to experience distress, or torment.
1. About 1000 hectares of farmland have been under the harrow for 2 hours.
2. Many families are under the harrow because of the economic recession.
