mind your own beeswax

phrase

Etymology

Alteration of mind your own business. From the use of beeswax to cover blemishes in the 1800s.

Definitions

  1. 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