diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/parser/NereidsParser.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/parser/NereidsParser.java
index 34646c1d6579534..3699f26578f9293 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/parser/NereidsParser.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/parser/NereidsParser.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.apache.doris.nereids.DorisLexer;
 import org.apache.doris.nereids.DorisParser;
 import org.apache.doris.nereids.StatementContext;
+import org.apache.doris.nereids.analyzer.UnboundSlot;
 import org.apache.doris.nereids.glue.LogicalPlanAdapter;
 import org.apache.doris.nereids.parser.plsql.PLSqlLogicalPlanBuilder;
 import org.apache.doris.nereids.trees.expressions.Expression;
@@ -256,9 +257,29 @@ public List<Pair<LogicalPlan, StatementContext>> parseMultiple(String sql,
     }
 
     public Expression parseExpression(String expression) {
+        if (isSimpleIdentifier(expression)) {
+            return new UnboundSlot(expression);
+        }
         return parse(expression, DorisParser::expression);
     }
 
+    private boolean isSimpleIdentifier(String expression) {
+        if (expression == null || expression.length() == 0) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        boolean hasLetter = false;
+        for (int i = 0; i < expression.length(); i++) {
+            char c = expression.charAt(i);
+            if ((('a' <= c && c <= 'z') || ('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') || c == '_' || c == '$')) {
+                hasLetter = true;
+            } else if (!('0' <= c && c <= '9')) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return hasLetter;
+    }
+
     public DataType parseDataType(String dataType) {
         return parse(dataType, DorisParser::dataType);
     }
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/util/Utils.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/util/Utils.java
index 42b99f6effdb842..c111839fc5093ec 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/util/Utils.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/nereids/util/Utils.java
@@ -58,8 +58,16 @@ public class Utils {
      */
     public static String quoteIfNeeded(String part) {
         // We quote strings except the ones which consist of digits only.
-        return part.matches("\\w*[\\w&&[^\\d]]+\\w*")
-                ? part : part.replace("`", "``");
+        StringBuilder quote = new StringBuilder(part.length());
+        for (int i = 0; i < part.length(); i++) {
+            char c = part.charAt(i);
+            if (c == '`') {
+                quote.append("``");
+            } else {
+                quote.append(c);
+            }
+        }
+        return quote.toString();
     }
 
     /**