Question of the Day #1317

How to mind your own business

From the headline of this article at NPR.

  上記の文で、mind your own businessの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "mind your own business" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

余計な［大きな・いらぬ］お世話です。／人のことに口出しするな。／おまえには関係ない。

   

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

used to tell someone in a rude way that you do not want them to ask about something private

 

Examples

1. "Where have you been?" "Mind your own business!"
2. I asked Laura what was wrong and she told me to mind my own business.
3. I wish you'd stop interfering and mind your own business.
4. The idea is but too prevalent in almost every community, that a man has discharged his duties as a citizen, well enough, if he minds his own business and does not meddle with the affairs of his neighbours.
5. I asked her if he'd returned home and she told me to mind my own business.

   

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