I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls sentence
I'm not stupid or easily scared.
I know he wanted to trick me into giving him money but I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls.
A: Don't go inside. There is a monster there. B: I wasn't brought up in the woods to be scared by owls!
To threaten that you will punish someone severely because of what they have done
Make someone extremely frightened
Used to threaten someone that you will hit them, usually in the head
To frighten or terrify someone abruptly or severely
To scare someone.
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
If someone cuts a sorry figure, he or she creates an unfavourable impression to others or causes others to regard him or her unfavourably.
Lisa cut a sorry figure at the job interview