VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Babe In The Woods

Meaning:

An innocent, naive person

Examples:

  • Although Jane had always excelled in school, she felt like a babe in the woods when she began attending college.
  • Bill is a babe in the woods when it comes to dealing with plumbers. As a painter, Mary is fine, but she's a babe in the woods as a musician.
  • She was a babe in the woods where the stock market was concerned.
  • We’re still babes in the woods when it comes to computer technology.