See mind one's own business on Wiktionary
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"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "اپنے کام سے کام رکھو"
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"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "სხვის საქმეში ცხვირს ნუ ყოფ"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "a maga dolgával törődik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "badare ai fatti propri"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "cockroach nuh business inna fowl fight"
},
{
"alt": "いらぬせわをしない",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iranu sewa-o shinai",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "要らぬ世話をしない"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kĭttêreuangkhluŏnʼéngôtŏu",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "គិតតែរឿងខ្លួនឯងទៅ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "passe sine egne saker"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "cuidar da própria vida"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "a-și vedea de treaba sa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanimátʹsja svoím délom",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "занима́ться свои́м де́лом"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "chan e do ghnothach e"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"note": "as part of a wider expression; see page for examples",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fiacais"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "no meterse en lo que no le incumbe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "métete en tus asuntos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "no te metas donde no te llaman"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "no te metas en camisas de once varas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "sköta sig själv"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "strunta i det du"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "inte lägga sig i"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "inte lägga näsan i blöt"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "apne kām se kām rakho",
"sense": "to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others",
"word": "اپنے کام سے کام رکھو"
}
],
"word": "mind one's own business"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
"msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Swedish: 'strunta i det du', originally 'strunta i det du'",
"path": [
"mind one's own business"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "mind one's own business",
"trace": ""
}
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