mind one's own business

mind one's own business
mind one's own business
Fig. to attend only to the things that concern one. •

Leave me alone, Bill. Mind your own business.

I'd be fine if John would mind his own business.

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{v. phr.} To not interfere in the affairs of others. * /He finally got tired of her criticism and told her to mind her own business./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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