Phrase guide

bush week

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal

Examples

  • What do you think this is, bush week? (= What do you take me for? / Do you think I'm an idiot?)
  • What do you think this is, bush week? (= Why are you not working? / why are you not doing what I asked you to do?)

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Apparently from an actual attempt to organise a Bush Festival in Sydney in 1919; the idea then being extended to the present figurative use.