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Phrase(s): I wasn’t brought up in the woods to be scared by owls.
Rur. I am not foolish or easily frightened. • His threats don’t scare me. I wasn’t brought up in the woods to be scared by owls. • Mary: You’ll be sorry you ever crossed me. Jane: I wasn’t brought up in the woods to be scared by owls.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs