born in a barn

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born in a barn (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Engaging in the behavior of inappropriately, and usually neglectfully, leaving an exterior door or window open, considered ill-mannered.
- 2006 Oct. 20, Heather Murphy, "The More the Merrier?," Washington Post (retrieved 15 Sep 2008):
  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.
(idiomatic) Lacking a sense of etiquette; ill-mannered.
- 1971, Joyce Carol Oates, Wonderland: A Novel, Vanguard Press, p. 76:
  His aunt said angrily: "Fritz, were you born in a barn? Don't you have any manners?"
- 2002 June 19, Ruth Ann Baker, "Even wolves behave in the pack," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, p. N4 (retrieved 15 Sep 2008):
  Phone at a symphony concert? I'd ask if these people were born in a barn, but that would disrespect the animals.

Often used in a rhetorical question directed toward a person who leaves a door open, or who displays rudeness, ignorance and stupidity: Were you born in a barn?