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raised in a barn

Swedish translation: helt ouppfostrad

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English term or phrase:	raised in a barn
Swedish translation:	helt ouppfostrad
Entered by:	Marie Andersson (Allen)

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11:04 Oct 4, 2006

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English term or phrase: raised in a barn

The Swedish saying completely escapes me!!
TIA

Marie Andersson (Allen) KudoZ activity Questions: 113 (none open) (17 closed without grading) Answers: 353
Local time: 11:43

helt ouppfostrad

Explanation:
Best I can do

Selected response from:

Larry Abramson
Local time: 06:43

Grading comment

Thanks Larry, opted for this one. Thanks to everyone else too!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

helt ouppfostrad

Larry Abramson

5 +1

född bakom en mjölkpall

Lars Palmer

tappad bakom en vagn

asptech

helt bakom

Annika Hagdahl Manni

helt i avsaknad av hyfs och fostran

EKM

växt upp i skogen

Kjell-Erik

född bakom en lagårdsdörr

bofasching

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

helt ouppfostrad

Explanation:
Best I can do

Larry Abramson
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Larry, opted for this one. Thanks to everyone else too!

48 mins confidence:

växt upp i skogen

Explanation:
..om man kommenterar slutresultet -och vill behålla lantlig prägel (typ "vara från landet")-

Kjell-Erik
Local time: 13:43
Native speaker of:

Swedish

49 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

född bakom en mjölkpall

Explanation:
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)

Lars Palmer
Local time: 07:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Swedish

1 hr confidence:

helt bakom

Explanation:
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

Annika Hagdahl Manni
Italy
Local time: 12:43
Native speaker of:

Swedish

1 hr confidence:

född bakom en lagårdsdörr

Explanation:
Jag kan komplettera med en annan variant på samma sak.

bofasching
Local time: 12:43
Native speaker of:

Swedish

7 hrs confidence:

tappad bakom en vagn

Explanation:
just to add to the confusion

asptech
Local time: 12:43
Native speaker of:

Swedish

16 hrs confidence:

helt i avsaknad av hyfs och fostran

Explanation:
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.

Reference: http://www.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?Word=raised%20in%20a%20barn

EKM
Local time: 12:43
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in category: 15

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