not your circus, not your monkeys in English

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      "glosses": [
        "It's none of your business, or not your responsibility; an exhortation to stay out of a volatile or delicate situation."
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        "(colloquial) It's none of your business, or not your responsibility; an exhortation to stay out of a volatile or delicate situation."
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  "word": "not your circus, not your monkeys"
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        "It's none of your business, or not your responsibility; an exhortation to stay out of a volatile or delicate situation."
      ],
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        [
          "none of your business",
          "none of someone's business"
        ],
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          "volatile",
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        "(colloquial) It's none of your business, or not your responsibility; an exhortation to stay out of a volatile or delicate situation."
      ],
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        "colloquial"
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  "word": "not your circus, not your monkeys"
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"not your circus, not your monkeys" meaning in English

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