- innocent as a babe
- as innocent as a newborn, extremely naive
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
innocent as a babe
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innocent as a babe unborn — totally without guile, without knowledge of evil … English contemporary dictionary
babe — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A very young child: baby, bambino, infant, neonate, newborn, nursling. Idiom: bundle of joy. See KIN, YOUTH. 2. A guileless, unsophisticated person: child, ingenue, innocent, naive. Idiom: babe in the woods. See… … English dictionary for students
babe in the wood — or babe in the woods, a very innocent or inexperienced person; one who has a child s blind trust or lack of experience and hence is likely to become the victim of unscrupulous persons … Useful english dictionary
babe in the woods — phrasal : an innocent trusting guileless person especially in circumstances calling for sophistication or cunning made him an easy victim for the blandishments of tougher minded men among whom he literally was a babe in the woods A.L.Sachar * * * … Useful english dictionary
innocent — 1. adjective 1) he was entirely innocent Syn: guiltless, blameless, in the clear, unimpeachable, irreproachable, above suspicion, faultless; honorable, honest, upright, law abiding; informal squeaky clean Ant: guilty 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
babe — /beɪb / (say bayb) noun 1. a baby. 2. Colloquial (a familiar term of address, especially to a woman): hey, babe, how ve you been? 3. Colloquial a woman or man regarded as sexually attractive. 4. Colloquial (a term used by women for a woman… …
babe — /bayb/, n. 1. a baby or child. 2. an innocent or inexperienced person. 3. (usually cap.) Southern U.S. (used, often before the surname, as a familiar name for a boy or man, esp. the youngest of a family.) 4. Slang a. Sometimes Disparaging and… … Universalium
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 … Dictionary of American idioms
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 … Dictionary of American idioms
innocent — Synonyms and related words: above suspicion, angel, angelic, artless, awkward, babe, bairn, beginner, benign, blameless, blankminded, blotless, bluff, blunt, boob, born yesterday, budding, callow, candid, chaste, cherub, child, child of nature,… … Moby Thesaurus
