Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
raised in a barn
Swedish translation:
helt ouppfostrad
Added to glossary by
Marie Andersson (Allen)
Oct 4, 2006 11:04
17 yrs ago
English term
United Kingdom
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raised in a barn
English to Swedish
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
The Swedish saying completely escapes me!!
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Proposed translations
(Swedish)
Proposed translations
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Larry Abramson
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
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helt ouppfostrad
Best I can do
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Larry, opted for this one. Thanks to everyone else too!"
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växt upp i skogen
..om man kommenterar slutresultet -och vill behålla lantlig prägel (typ "vara från landet")-
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49 mins
Lars Palmer
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Swedish
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Brazil
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Native in: Swedish (Variants: Stockholm, Rikssvenska)
Works in: Portuguese to Swedish, English to Swedish
född bakom en mjölkpall
This a really old expression meaning: I´m not stupid or I wasn´t born yesterday. (of course, I haven't seen the whole sentence)
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Charlesp
: I like this expression, but I am not sure that 'raised in a barn' means what you haved defined as how you have this Swsdish expression.
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Annika Hagdahl Manni
Italy
Italy
Native in Swedish
Italy
technical translations
Native in: Swedish
Works in: English to Swedish, Italian to Swedish, Swedish to Italian
helt bakom
When someone says Were you raised in a barn?, it means that you are completly stupid. And you answer I am not raised in a barn. In swedish: Jag är inte helt bakom heller.... Jag är väl inte dum etc
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född bakom en lagårdsdörr
Jag kan komplettera med en annan variant på samma sak.
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tappad bakom en vagn
just to add to the confusion
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helt i avsaknad av hyfs och fostran
Om det handlar om folk som inte har vett att stänga dörren efter sig, så är den efterföljande kommentaren: "Bor du i tält, eller?"
The phrase "were you raised in a barn?" is generally used to indicate that a person is failing to engage in "human" behavior as opposed to living with animals in a barn where, for example, the animals do not care if you leave the door open, leave clothes and other objects strewn about, etc.
Annars är både Larrys och Emmas förslag är bra.
The phrase "were you raised in a barn?" is generally used to indicate that a person is failing to engage in "human" behavior as opposed to living with animals in a barn where, for example, the animals do not care if you leave the door open, leave clothes and other objects strewn about, etc.
Annars är både Larrys och Emmas förslag är bra.
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