Timeline for Does "mind your own business" refer to a physical action not a verbal expression that intervenes one's life?
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| Apr 29, 2022 at 16:21 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | As a native speaker of English, I wouldn't use it that way. | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 16:02 | comment | added | Tom | @KateBunting, but do we say 'MYOB' for physical actions (no comments or talking involved) as mentioned in the 2nd example? | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 8:32 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | 'MYOB' can be a response to unwelcome negative comments as well as impertinent questions (as in Tom's fast food example). | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 8:21 | history | edited | DialFrost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 29, 2022 at 8:01 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | I would use 'mind your own business' only to respond to an unwelcome enquiry about my private life, e.g. 'Is your mother an alcoholic?'. If someone tries to interfere in a job or role that I consider to be mine exclusively, I might say e.g. 'don't interfere [with what I am doing]' or 'you stick to your job and I'll stick to mine'. | |
| Apr 29, 2022 at 2:28 | history | answered | DialFrost | CC BY-SA 4.0 |