After the storm destroyed their house, they were, 'in a manner of speaking' [='so to speak, as it were'], lost at sea. [=they felt lost and confused after their house was destroyed]
He had never been on a boat before, but he walked along the deck as if 'to the manner born'.
A number of patients have complained about the doctor's impersonal 'bedside manner'.
(..) Keep your paws off my wife! Hey! Let go of me, you drooling doofus! Not him. l think this potato needs to learn himself some manners. Take him to the box. Hey! Put me down, you moron! Where are you taking me? Bad baby! Bad baby! Ken? What's going on? (..)2010 Toy Story 3