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Stick Nose Don’t One’s Business I Mind In The Loop 673

Id in_the_loop_673
Idiom STICK (ONE’S) NOSE IN
Definition to try to find out about someone else’s private business
Examples
  1. Don’t stick your nose in where it’s not wanted. This matter is between Pat and me, and it has nothing to do with you.
  2. I mind my own business, and don’t get involved in other people’s personal affairs. I don’t stick my nose in where it doesn’t belong.
Cross-Refs

Antonym: mind (one’s) own business

Extra Info

The expression stick one’s nose in has a negative connotation.

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