mind your own beeswax
phraseEtymology
Alteration of mind your own business. From the use of beeswax to cover blemishes in the 1800s.
Definitions
Synonym of mind your own business.
- Get back in the collar, and mind your own beeswax.
- TRACY. (Rises) Mind your own beeswax, old Nosey Parker.
- “Say, how did he get all pink?” “Aw, mind your own beeswax,” said Henry.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA