Phrases & SayingsPeople and character
I didn't come down in the last shower
I am experienced and not easily fooled.
In a sentence
I checked the figures myself—I didn’t come down in the last shower.
Where it came from
The phrase pictures a newly arrived, naive person as if they had just fallen with the rain. Australian examples occur from the late nineteenth century, with several longer variants.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established
- Use today
- Current but somewhat dated