not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys

短语

英文释义

短语
  1. It is not someone's problem; it's none of my business; indicates that one is not responsible for controlling or changing a volatile or delicate situation. colloquial
    — I repeated it like a mantra: Not my circus. Not my monkeys. Except it was my circus. Because, as I lay there, I noticed all my things out of place from the room search. This was my circus. I was stuck with these monkeys.

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Calque of Polish nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy.
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