Family & Home
Were you raised in a barn?
Said when someone leaves a door open or acts rudely
Literal Meaning
Be: To exist Raised: To move higher In: Within bounds A: One unspecified Barn: A building for animals or storage
Actual Meaning
Close the door / where are your manners?
Examples in Context

Parent: 'Close the door! Were you raised in a barn?'

Helpful Tips
  • 1About manners, not origins
  • 2Rhetorical question
  • 3Often about doors
Phrase Thesaurus
Similar words and synonyms for this phrase
where are your manners?
close the door
do you have any decorum?
what's your problem?
show some courtesy
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