minding my own business



(I'm just) minding my own business.

Fig. an answer to a greeting inquiry asking what one is doing. (This answer also can carry the implication "Since I am minding my own business, why aren't you minding your own business?") Tom: Hey, man, what are you doing? Bill: Minding my own business. See you around. Sue: Hi, Mary. What have you been doing? Mary: I'm just minding my own business and trying to keep out of trouble.
See also: business, mind, own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Edweenaed-WEEN-aEnglish (Rare)
Hypatos-Ancient Greek
Narkissos-Greek Mythology
Koralia-Greek, Late Greek
Ampelius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Alston['ɔ:lstən]