"it's someone's funeral" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-it's one's funeral.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} it's someone's funeral
  1. (informal) Someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person. Tags: informal Synonyms: that's someone's funeral Related terms: on one's head Related terms (to be): to blame Translations (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person): het is jouw begrafenis (Dutch), itsepähän siitä kärsii (Finnish), omapa on häpeäsi (Finnish), nem tartozik rám (english: it doesn’t concern me) (Hungarian), nem az én bajom (english: it’s not my problem) (Hungarian), lelke rajta (english: on his/her head be it) (Hungarian)

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