bush week
(Australia, informal) An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social
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(Australia, informal) An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social norms in the city.
What do you think this is, bush week? (= What do you take me for? / ''Do you think I'm an idiot?'')
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