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Why are you asking? Why do you want to know?
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- “I saw you in the chemist yesterday; what did you buy?” / “What’s it to you?”
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Mind your own business; it's none of your business.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- “Hey, leave that girl alone.” / “What’s it to you?”
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أنت مالك؟
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Bulgarian:
какво те касае
(kakvo te kasae)
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Bulgarian:
какво те интересува
(kakvo te interesuva)
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Chinese Mandarin:
關...什麼事 /关...什么事
(guān...shénme shì)
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Chinese Mandarin:
關...屁事 /关...屁事
(guān...pìshì)
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Chinese Mandarin:
不關...的事 /不关...的事
(bùguān...de shì)
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Dutch:
wat gaat jou dat aan?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Dutch:
waarvoor wil je dat weten?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Finnish:
mitä se sinulle kuuluu?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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French:
qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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German:
was geht dich das an?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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German:
wozu willst du das wissen?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Hungarian:
mi közöd hozzá?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Hungarian:
mi köze hozzá?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Navajo:
niísh nikʼehdi!
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Portuguese:
o que é que tens a ver com isso?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Russian:
а тебе́ како́е де́ло
(a tebé kakóje délo)
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Russian:
а тебе́-то что
(a tebé-to što)
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Scottish Gaelic:
dè do ghnothach-sa?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Serbo-Croatian:
Što se to tebe tiče?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Spanish:
¿quién te ha dado vela en este entierro?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Turkish:
sana ne?
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Vietnamese:
hỏi để làm gì?/biết để làm gì?/không cần phải biết
— (defensively) why are you asking?
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Bulgarian:
не те касае
(ne te kasae)
— mind your own business — see also mind your own business
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Bulgarian:
не те засяга
(ne te zasjaga)
— mind your own business — see also mind your own business
