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May 28, 2008 · May 28, 2008. #2. Hi Aaaaital, and welcome to the forum. A "barn" is a large outbuilding on a farm where the farmer keeps hay, animals and sometimes his farm equipment (tractor, etc.). A granary is a building used to store grain after it has been threshed. I'm not sure what you mean by "the food he collects".
Feb 18, 2015 · Senior Member. English. Feb 18, 2015. #2. Barn means child (singular) or children (plural) - context and other words in the sentence, like demonstratives, will tell you whether it's singular or plural. Barnet means the child (singular, definite) Barnen means the children (plural) A.
Jan 18, 2021 · USA, English. Jan 18, 2021. #10. Probably not related but Jesus was reputed to be born in a barn: "We know the Christmas story so well. Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem and were turned away from the village inn by the innkeeper. They took refuge in a barn, where baby Jesus was born and laid in a manger."
Mar 13, 2009 · 1) The horse that was raced past the barn fell2) The horse raced past the barn fell 3) The horse that was ridden past the barn fell 4) The horse ridden past the barn fell Rule: when the passive participle (raced/ridden) is the same form as the past tense of the verb (raced/rode), you need the full relative subclause construction to make the ...
Mar 7, 2010 · Mar 7, 2010. #1. Here is the hint: Carol called again to say that she couldn't able to attend the wedding. This set off another round of arguing and consoling between my mother and Ashley, not to mention Lydia Catrell, who wondered out loudseveral times if this girl was raised in a barn. (That Summer, Sarah Dessen, p.37)
Feb 22, 2011 · English (US) Feb 22, 2011. #9. I agree with Tim but also want to mention that sometimes "behind the barn" can be more serious than whipping - it can mean shooting someone/something. The expression comes from the fact that people used to take pigs or goats behind the barn (i.e., outside of the sight of the children) to kill them for food. As you ...
Oct 1, 2017 · Member Emeritus. Penang. American English. Oct 1, 2017. #4. It’s a way of saying: “Any aspirations you have for your career are dead." To take someone behind the barn and shoot them is to kill them (out of sight and in a place where you could probably bury them).
Nov 24, 2005 · earth. Earthish. Nov 24, 2005. #1. Hey, guys, howdy? When I was in Cadada, I learned the expression "your barn door is open" which means that your zip is open. (embarrassingly enough, yes, it was... That's why my homestay mother taught me that) Anyways, at that time, she taught me one more expression which has the same meaning. I'm not sure ...
Dec 6, 2012 · As Keith and TT have already said, the term barn in the UK usually means a place to store hay or other feed, and often tractors and other farming equipment. So barn is the word to use in AE; but not in BE, where cowshed (or cow shed) seems favourite (and where barn would be misunderstood).
Jan 15, 2014 · English UK. Apr 5, 2009. #3. I agree with Richard. I think the "closing the barn door..." version of the saying tends to be AmE; the BrE variant is "closing the stable door after the horse has bolted". (Oh, and in my version of BrE at least, the other saying is "let the cat out of the bag ")
