what's it to you

English

Pronunciation

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Phrase

what's it to you?

1. (defensively) Why are you asking? Why do you want to know?.

   "I saw you in the chemist yesterday, what did you buy?" / "What's it to you?"

2. Mind your own business; it's none of your business.

   "Hey, leave that girl alone." / "'What's it to you'?"

Usage notes

• Usually used defensively, against someone who is being nosy.
• Other pronouns are possible (e.g. "what's it to him"), but less common.

Translations

(defensively) why are you asking?

• Arabic: أنت مالك؟
• Bulgarian: какво те интересува (kakvo te interesuva), гледай си работата (gledaj si rabotata)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關...什麼事／关...什么事 (guān...shénme shì), 關...屁事／关...屁事 (guān...pìshì), 不關...的事／不关...的事 (bùguān...de shì)

• Dutch: wat gaat jou dat aan?, waarvoor wil je dat weten?
• Finnish: mitä se sinulle kuuluu (fi)
• French: qu’est-ce que ça peut te faire?
• German: was geht dich das an?, wozu willst du das wissen?
• Hungarian: mi közöd hozzá?, mi köze hozzá?
• Navajo: niísh nikʼehdi!
• Russian: а тебе́ како́е де́ло (a tebé kakóje délo), а тебе́-то что (a tebé-to što)
• Scottish Gaelic: dè do ghnothach-sa?
• Serbo-Croatian: Što se to tebe tiče?
• Spanish: ¿quién te ha dado vela en este entierro?
• Turkish: sana ne?

See also

• none of someone's business
• who wants to know