一日一成语【72】mind one’s own business

mind one’s own business

很少有人喜欢受别人管，也很少有人喜欢别人来干预自己所做的事。每当发生这种情况，我们常会说“别多管闲事”，或者“干你自己的事去”。与其相应的英语便是mind one’s own business。在这里mind是动词，意为“照料、关心”，business并非一定指“生意”，而是泛指“事情”。注意mind one’s own business常带有责备的口气：

Mrs. Carson thought she was trying to help me by asking all those questions and telling me what to do, but I thought she’d better mind her own business.
卡逊太太问了一大堆问题，以指手划脚了一番，她自以为是在设法帮我的忙，但我心里想她最好还是别多管闲事。

If were in your position I would stay out of the whole thing and mind my own business.
如果我处在你的地位，我就决不介入，不去管别人的闲事。

Would you please mind your own business and leave me alone?
请你别来管我，让我清静一下好吗？