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not know one is born

not know one is born phrase: to be spoiled; to have an easy life without appreciating it.

Phrase

not know one is born

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be spoiled; to have an easy life without appreciating it.
    • "The trouble with workers to-day," he said, "is that they don't know they're born."1949, Punch, volume 217
    • "One bad night and you think you're starving! You don't know you're born!"2013, Lisa Tuttle, Panther in Argyll

Questions about not know one is born

What does not know one is born mean?
Not know one is born means to be spoiled; to have an easy life without appreciating it.
What part of speech is not know one is born?
Not know one is born is a phrase.

Words near not know one is born in the dictionary

  1. not in the least
  2. not in the slightest
  3. not invented here
  4. not just a pretty face
  5. not just another pretty face
  6. not know one is born
  7. not know what hit one
  8. not know what one is missing
  9. not know where to turn
  10. not know whether one is coming or going
  11. not know whether to shit or go blind

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