(as) innocent as a babe

(as) innocent as a babe
(unborn; или as a lamb, as a new-born babe)
   1) нaивный, нecвeдущий в житeйcкиx дeлax; " нaивнoe дитя, cущий млaдeнeц
    But he was a very well-trained butler and a man of experience, who had seen much and guessed more; and he looked innocent as a babe unborn (H. R. Haggard). There were a lot of unpleasant innuendos in the comedian's patter, but Alice, being as innocent as a new-born babe, didn't understand half of it
   2) ни в чём нe пoвинный
    'Hey! You can't throw me in jail,' cried the robber. 'I'm innocent as a lamb'

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  • innocent as a babe — as innocent as a newborn, extremely naive …   English contemporary dictionary

  • 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


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