mind your own beeswax
English edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of mind your own business, to soften the force of the retort.[1]
Phrase edit
- Synonym of mind your own business
- 1950, Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins, page 128:
- “Say, how did he get all pink?”
“Aw, mind your own beeswax,” said Henry.
- 1969, Philip Barry, The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts, page 74:
- TRACY. (Rises) Mind your own beeswax, old Nosey Parker.
- 1995, Sue Grafton, L Is for Lawless, page 155:
- “This has nothing to do with you, Kinsey, so mind your own beeswax.”