mind one's business
Avoid others' affairs
To mind one's business is to attend to one's own affairs and avoid interfering in others': Mind your own business.
The phrase usually appears as a rebuke to someone prying or offering unwanted opinions.
She told him to mind his business when he asked about her divorce.
The shortened form mind your business drops the "own" but keeps the sting.
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
- personal spaceComfort distance around oneself
- personal boundariesSelf-set relationship rules
- respectRegard with honor
discretion · privacy · decorum · autonomy · independence · confidentiality · restraint · nosy · discipline · butt out · busybody · prying eyes · detachment · trust · look the other way · not my problem · live and let live · propriety
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Interfere without invitation
pry · interfere · intrude · butt in · stick one's nose in
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One who pries
pry · eavesdrop · spy · nose around · gossip
mind one's businessgossip
Informal talk spreading rumors
spread rumors · blab · tattle · tell tales · air dirty laundry
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