none of your beeswax
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of none of your business.[1] From the historical use of beeswax to cover up blemishes.
Pronunciation
[edit]Phrase
[edit]- A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.
- 1950, Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins, page 21:
- “Whatcha got in that bag?” asked Scooter.
“None of your beeswax,” answered Henry.
- 1977, Albert Ramsdell Gurney, Children, page 25:
- BARBARA. That’s for me to know.
RANDY. Come on. Who?
BARBARA. None of your beeswax.
- 1996, Stephen King, The Green Mile, page 74:
- “You can ask, but since it's really none of your beeswax, I think I'll keep my mouth shut on that score.”
- 2003, Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors: A Memoir, page 194:
- “We were just discussing your love life. Or lack thereof.”
“My love life is none of your beeswax,” she huffed.
Translations
[edit]A riposte to badgering questioning
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