born in a barn
Raised without manners
Born in a barn is a rhetorical question disguised as an accusation, directed at someone who has left a door open: Were you born in a barn?
The implication is that only someone raised among livestock would be so oblivious to basic indoor manners.
Occasionally used about other lapses in domestic etiquette.
- farmAgricultural land tract
- rudenessDisrespectful social behavior
- rhetoricalUsing language for effect
- etiquetteRules of polite conduct
- social etiquetteConventions governing polite conduct
phrase · question · unclosed · upbringing · livestock · rural · countryside · country living · inconsiderate · quip · farmhouse · jest · irony · bad manners · sloppy · draft · inattentive · negligent
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
domestic awareness and etiquette
born in a barnwell-mannered
Polite and respectful
mindful · house-trained · conscientious · attentive · considerate
born, bear, bore, borne, bearing, birthday, newborn, reborn, stillborn