Meaning of born in a barn | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In a past tense: criticizing the person to whom the phrase is directed for inappropriately, and usually neglectingly, leaving an exterior door or window open, considered ill-mannered.
   idiomatic, not-comparable
2. In a past tense: criticizing the person to whom the phrase is directed as lacking a sense of etiquette or being ill-mannered.
   idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“Neither bothered to lock or shut the house's front or back doors. "It was like they had been born in a barn," she says.”

“His aunt said angrily: "Fritz, were you born in a barn? Don't you have any manners?"”

“Phone at a symphony concert? I'd ask if these people were born in a barn, but that would disrespect the animals.”

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