单词 | to be none of a person's business |
释义 | > as lemmasto be none of a person's business b. to be none of a person's business: not to be any part of a person's concern. Also as a retort (cf. to mind one's own business at business n. Phrases 5a). ΚΠ 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous (1910) iii. 244 It is none of my business to plead for novelties and paradoxes. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield 136 The public think nothing about dialect, or humor, or character, for that is none of their business. 1859 Harper's Mag. Apr. 624 She said that it was ‘none of my business’ where she got that bill. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland viii. 113 ‘That's none of your business, Two!’ said Seven. 1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness i. 31 [He] had thought Wednesday evening's dust-up none of his business. 1986 R. Narayan Talkative Man 38 None of my business, whoever she may be. 1998 J. Holms Bad Vibes vi. 67 Frau Richter was willing to pay her to..poke her nose into something that was none of her business. < as lemmas |
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