The savoury smell greeted them as they went through the door. The character (which i believe to be maybe the secretary of state) talks to the president (who's. The point of the saying is that the door is supposed to keep the horses in the barn.
I think “set fire to” is more often used in active constructions, and “set on fire” in passive ones. Hi everyone, i can't get the meaning of the expression behind the barn here. I could smell the honeyed ripeness of melons and.