babe in the woods

[babe in the woods] {n. phr.}

A person who is inexperienced or innocent in certain things.

* /He is a good driver, but as a mechanic he is just a babe in the woods./

Compare: OVER ONE'S HEAD, BEYOND ONE'S DEPTH.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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