babes in the wood
babes in the wood inexperienced people in a situation calling for experience; the reference is to the two children in a 16th-century ballad, the Children in the Wood, whose wicked uncle wishes to steal their inheritance. Abandoned in a forest, the children die of starvation and the robins cover their bodies with leaves; the uncle and his accomplice are subsequently brought to justice.
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