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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

not know one is born en · X

Meanings

  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: