babe in the woods
Example Sentences
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In his book, Always Red. which is published next month, Mr McCluskey questions whether the current Labour leader is a "babe in the woods" or "altogether more calculating".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2021
Yeah, he's the babe in the woods, he's outside the gambling arena and allows the Rebecca Hall character to connect to a different kind of life.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 21, 2012
“I’m a babe in the woods where all that is concerned,” he says.
From Inc ● Feb. 13, 2012
Both Holly and the story’s male lead were, at best, cockeyed romantics; both were being paid for their services and neither was a babe in the woods.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2010
I am a babe in the woods, abandoned at the foot of a tree.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
