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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Idioms

Where did the idiom, "I was born at night, but not last night" come from?
  

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Hi, From you, as far as I'm concerned, because I've never heard it before. Clive

  • Hi, From you, as far as I'm concerned, because I've never heard it before.
  • Clive
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Hi,

From you, as far as I'm concerned, because I've never heard it before.Emotion: big smile

Clive
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Do you mean what is its origin or what is its meaning?

I take it as similar to "I wasn't born yesterday!"

(I've never heard it before, but it makes sense.)
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Its not a British expression - I've never heard it.
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CliveHi,From you, as far as I'm concerned, because I've never heard it before. Clive
I saw it once on these forums. I answered that I'd never heard it, but that I understood and liked it as a good alternative to "I wasn't born yesterday."
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http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/i_was_born_at_night_but_not_last_night/

The web is full of stuff.

There's a song.

There are also listings under "I may have been born at night, but not last night."
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Good investigation work Avangi. I've still never heard of it though.
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Yes, really good Avangi Emotion: smile

I haven't heard of it either, seems not to be very common. Perhaps a bit outdated, because the idi
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Maybe it's regional. It's common and not odd at all to me.

It is indeed the same as "I wasn't born yesterday" and the translation is "You can't fool me that easily."

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