Idiom
were you born in a tent
Meaning
An admonishment to someone who has left a door open.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Close the door, were you born in a tent?”
“It is freezing outside, so please close the door; were you born in a tent?”
“As the winter wind whistled through the hallway, she sighed and asked her son if he was born in a tent.”
Examples
simple
“Close the door, were you born in a tent?”
contextual
“It is freezing outside, so please close the door; were you born in a tent?”
complex
“As the winter wind whistled through the hallway, she sighed and asked her son if he was born in a tent.”
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