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!"