Idiom
born in a barn
Meaning
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.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Close the door, were you born in a barn?”
“Every time he leaves the front door wide open, his mother asks if he was born in a barn.”
“After the guest left the garden gate unlatched for the third time, the host remarked dryly that he must have been born in a barn.”
Examples
simple
“Close the door, were you born in a barn?”
contextual
“Every time he leaves the front door wide open, his mother asks if he was born in a barn.”
complex
“After the guest left the garden gate unlatched for the third time, the host remarked dryly that he must have been born in a barn.”
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