none of your beeswax

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none of your beeswax

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Alteration of none of your business. From the historical use of beeswax to cover up blemishes.

phrase none of your bee's wax · none of your bees' wax

  1. A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further. “Whatcha got in that bag?” asked Scooter. “None of your beeswax,” answered Henry.

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phrase A riposte to badgering questioning

Españoleso a ti te importa un bledo
中文關你屁事 /关你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì
Françaisoccupe-toi de tes oignons, ce ne sont pas tes oignons
Deutschdas geht dich einen feuchten Kehricht an
Русскийбез коммента́риев bez kommentárijev, вас э́то не каса́ется vas éto ne kasájetsja

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"none of your beeswax." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/none%20of%20your%20beeswax. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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"none of your beeswax." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/none%20of%20your%20beeswax.

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@misc{none_of_your_beeswax_2026,
  title = {none of your beeswax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/none%20of%20your%20beeswax},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}