English Explanatory Dictionary

none of your beeswax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-none of your beeswax.wav

Word forms

none of your beeswax none of your bee's wax none of your bees' wax

Etymology

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

Related words

mind your own beeswax
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