country mouse
noun
1A mouse which lives in the countryside (originally as a character in fables).
2(Frequently with allusion to one of Aesop's fables) a country dweller, especially one who is unfamiliar with urban life.
Origin
Mid 16th century. After classical Latin rusticus mūs (Horace), ancient Greek μῦς ἀρουραῖος (Aesop).
- music man
- music master
- musicness
- music night
- musico
- music of the spheres
- musicogenic
- musicographer
- musicography
- musicological
- musicologically
- musicologist
- musicology
- musicophile
- music (or harmony) of the spheres
- music paper
- music plate
- music power
- music rest
- music roll
- music room
- music sheet
- music shell
- music shop
- music speech