mind one's own business

English

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Verb

to mind one's own business

1. (idiomatic) To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others.

   I was just walking down the road, minding my own business, when I was attacked by a mugger.

   Have you noticed that conservative politicians try to regulate peoples sex lives? They seriously need to mind their own business.

Derived terms

• mind your own beeswax

Initialism

• MYOB

Translations

to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 別管閒事 (cmn), 别管闲事 (cmn) (bié guǎnxiánshì)

• Czech: hledět si svého (cs)
• Dutch: met zijn eigen zaken bemoeien (nl)
• Finnish: pitää huolta omista asioistaan (fi)
• French: s'occuper de ses affaires (fr)
• German: sich um seine eigenen Angelegenheiten kümmern (de)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can

• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 要らぬ世話をしない (ja) (いらぬせわをしない, iranu sewa-o shinai)
• Portuguese: cuidar de sua vida (pt), cuidar da própria vida (pt)
• Russian: заниматься своим делом (ru) (zanimát'sja svoím délom)
• Spanish: no meterse en lo que no le incumbe (es) (literally), no te metas en camisas de once varas (es) (idiomatic)
• Swedish: sköta (sv) sig själv, strunta (sv) i det du, inte lägga (sv) sig i, inte lägga näsan i blöt (sv)