not know one is born

English

Phrase

not know one is born

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