English

Alternative forms

• none of your beeswax
• none of your bee’s wax
• none of your bees’ wax

Phrase

mind your own beeswax

1. See mind your own business.
   • 1995: Sue Grafton, L Is for Lawless, p155

     “This has nothing to do with you, Kinsey, so mind your own beeswax.”

   • 1969: Philip Barry, The Philadelphia Story: A Comedy in Three Acts, p74

     TRACY. (Rises) Mind your own beeswax, old Nosey Parker.

   • 1950: Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins, p128

     “Say, how did he get all pink?”

     “Aw, mind your own beeswax,” said Henry.

References

1. ↑ Palmatier, Robert Allen (1995) Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0313294909, pages p.23