country mouse

English

Etymology

An allusion to "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse", one of Aesop's Fables.

Noun

country mouse (plural country mice)

  2. (figurative) A countryperson: someone with country ways.
    Antonym: city mouse
  4. (Antarctica, slang) A member of support personnel who travels around, rather than remaining at the base.
    Antonym: city mouse
    • 2023, J. Scott Coatsworth, Love & Limitations:
      " […] Maybe we'll run into some country mice."
      "Country mice?"
      "Some of the Mac-Town folks, out here on the ice. City mice stay at McMurdo, and country mice—"
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