mind one's own business

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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.

Synonyms

• stick to one's knitting
• MYOB
• paddle one's own canoe
• skate one's lane

Derived terms

• mind your own beeswax
• mind-your-own-business

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
• Bulgarian: гледай си работата (gledaj si rabotata)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: hledět si svého, starat se o sebe
• Dutch: met zijn eigen zaken bemoeien
• Finnish: pitää huolta omista asioistaan
• French: se mêler de ses affaires (fr)
• German: sich um seine eigenen Angelegenheiten kümmern
• Hindi: अपना पालक पनीर देखना (apnā pālak panīr dekhnā)
• Hungarian: a maga dolgával törődik
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• Italian: farsi gli affari propri
• Japanese: 要らぬ世話をしない (いらぬせわをしない, iranu sewa-o shinai)
• Khmer: គិតតែរឿងខ្លួនឯងទៅ (kĭttêreuangkhluŏnʼéngôtŏu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: passe sine egne saker (no)

• Portuguese: cuidar da própria vida
• Romanian: a-și vedea de treaba sa
• Russian: занима́ться свои́м де́лом (zanimátʹsja svoím délom)
• Spanish: no meterse en lo que no le incumbe (literally), no te metas en camisas de once varas (idiomatic)
• Swedish: sköta (sv) sig själv, strunta (sv) i det du, inte lägga (sv) sig i, inte lägga näsan i blöt (sv)