mind your own business
Stay out, please
Mind your own business is a blunt command to stop prying into matters that don't concern you.
The phrase dismisses unwanted questions or advice: I asked where she was going and she told me to mind my own business.
It can sound hostile or merely firm depending on tone.
The acronym MYOB serves the same function in text.
- intrusivenessExcessive involvement in others' affairs
- meddlingIntrusive interference in others' concerns
- nosinessHabit of prying
- privacyFreedom from observation
- private matterPersonal concern, not shared
confidentiality · butt out · buzz off · can it · discretion · boundaries · assertiveness · personal space · personal boundaries · intervention · prying · zip it · interference · autonomy · snooping · back off · step back · nosy parker
- secrecysecrecy, secret, secrets, confidential, classified
- dismissalsgo away, get out, leave, scram, beat it
mind your own businessmeddle
Interfere without invitation
pry · interfere · butt in · stick your nose in · get involved
mind your own businessplease help
lend a hand · get involved · can you help me · pitch in · join in
mind your own businessopen up
Reveal inner thoughts
spill the beans · confide · come clean · tell all · overshare
minds, minded, minding, mindful, mindless, mindfulness, yours, yourself, yourselves