Definition
A person who is innocent, naive, inexperienced, or helpless, especially with respect to an unfamiliar situation or environment.
Origins
From the ballad "The Children in the Wood".
In Context
- ""Orde, you're all right on the river," said Newmark, with a dry little laugh, "but you're a babe in the woods at this game.""
- "Taylor is aware of the perception that he is the innocent, exploitable babe in the woods of the Geelong defence."
Also Said As
- sweet summer child
- ingenue
- innocent
- naif