None of your beeswax 🐝

Idioms

B2
Unit 4
4 m
Lesson 3

Lessons

None of your beeswax 🐝

  • Intro

    So busy bees, you have been so preoccupied with learning English with the BeeSeaker app, you have set your daily goals and you are determined to achieve them. People around you are curious to know why you are so busy, but you’re just focused on your goals and want to surprise everyone with your perfect English. Let's have a look at another idiomatic expression that can be used in this situation.

  • Mów teraz

    none of your beeswax

  • Mów teraz

    None of your beeswax is a more polite way to say “none of your business”.

  • Mów teraz

    Hey, why did you leave the party so early yesterday? It's none of your beeswax.

  • Mów teraz

    What I do in my free time is none of your beeswax.

  • Powtórz ze słuchu

    ____ __ ____ _______

  • Powtórz ze słuchu

    ____ __ ____ _______ __ _ ____ ______ ___ __ ___ _____ __ ____ _________.

  • Powtórz ze słuchu

    ___, ___ ___ ___ _____ ___ _____ __ _____ _________? ____ ____ __ ____ _______.

  • Powtórz ze słuchu

    ____ _ __ __ __ ____ ____ __ ____ __ ____ _______.

  • Przetłumacz teraz

    余計なお世話

  • Przetłumacz teraz

    「none of your beeswax」は「none of your business(余計なお世話)」よりも丁寧な表現です

  • Przetłumacz teraz

    ねえ、昨日なんでそんなに早くパーティーを出たの?余計なお世話だよ

  • Przetłumacz teraz

    私が自由時間にすることは君の知ったことではないよ

Key phrases

mind your own business

自分のことに集中しなさい

keep your nose out

首を突っ込まないで

stay out of it

干渉しないで

Vocabulary

Word
Translation
gossip
intrude
干渉する
privacy
プライバシー

Key sentences

What I do in my free time is none of your beeswax.

私の自由時間に何をするかはあなたには関係ありません。

Hey, why did you leave the party so early yesterday? It's none of your beeswax.

ねえ、昨日なんでそんなに早くパーティーを出たの?それはあなたには関係ありません。

None of your beeswax is a more polite way to say “none of your business”.

「None of your beeswax」は「あなたのビジネスではない」と言うより礼儀正しい言い方です。

You should really mind your own business when it comes to my choices.

私の選択に関しては、本当に自分のことに集中すべきです。

Please keep your nose out of my private life.

私の私生活には首を突っ込まないでください。

I would appreciate it if you could stay out of it.

干渉しないでいただけるとありがたいです。

Practical dialogue

Person A

Why are you asking about my plans for the weekend? It is none of your beeswax.

週末の計画についてなぜ聞くのですか?それはあなたには関係ありません。

Person B

I was just curious. I did not mean to intrude.

私はただ好奇心が強かっただけです。干渉するつもりはありませんでした。

Person A

I appreciate that, but please mind your own business.

それはありがたいですが、どうか自分のことに集中してください。

Person B

Alright, I will keep my nose out from now on.

わかりました、これからは首を突っ込まないようにします。

Person A

Thank you, that would mean a lot to me.

ありがとう、それは私にとって大きな意味があります。

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FAQ

'mind your own business'は'自分のことに集中しなさい'という意味です。
'keep your nose out'は誰かに状況から離れているように言うために使います。
'stay out of it'は'それに関与しないでください'という意味です。

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