born in a barn

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  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
    — 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.
  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
    — His aunt said angrily: "Fritz, were you born in a barn? Don't you have any manners?"
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