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mind your own business

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Mind your own business.

 and Get your nose out of my business.; Keep your nose out of my business.

Fig. Stop prying into my affairs. (Not at all polite. The expressions with get and keep can have the literal meanings of removing and keeping removed.) Andy: This is none of your affair. Mind your own business. Sue: I was only trying to help. Bob: How much did you pay in federal taxes last year? Jane: Good grief, Bob! Keep your nose out of my business! Tom: How much did it cost? Sue: Tom! Get your nose out of my business! "Hey!" shrieked Sally, jerking the checkbook out of Sue's grasp. "Get your nose out of my business!"

See also: business, mind, own

mind your own business

do not be so interested in what other people are doing If she asks where we're going, tell her to mind her own business.

See also: business, mind, own