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not know one is born
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not
know
one
is
born
To be
spoiled
; to have an
easy
life
without
appreciating
it.
1949
,
Punch
[1]
, 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
[2]
:
"One bad night and you think you're starving! You
don't know you're born
!"
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