Cliché: I wasn't born yesterday

Meaning: I’m not naïve or stupid. Use examples.
Rewrite 1: I didn’t leave my brain at home
Rewrite 2: I’m not fresh out of hick high school
Rewrite 3: I didn’t just graduate from kindergarten
Rewrite 4: I did pass¹⁵ the class in simple smarts
Rewrite 5: I’m not a Little Red Riding Hood in the forest

Comment: The tendency is to comment on education versus smarts, but both apply to this cliché, as do comments on naiveté, innocence, and provincialism.

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