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it's someone's funeral

it's someone's funeral phrase: a person’s decisions or actions will result in negative consequences only for themselves.

Phrase

it's someone's funeral

  1. (idiomatic, informal, ironic, sarcastic, sometimes) A person’s decisions or actions will result in negative consequences only for themselves.
    • He can make as many empty tubes and corrugations out of me as he likes. It's his funeral.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC
    • And then having the nerve to pray to God. It's her pimp, if she wants to do it it's her funeral.1936, Caroline Slade, Sterile Sun

Forms of it's someone's funeral

alternative form (rare)that's someone's funeral

Questions about it's someone's funeral

What does it's someone's funeral mean?
It's someone's funeral means a person’s decisions or actions will result in negative consequences only for themselves.
What part of speech is it's someone's funeral?
It's someone's funeral is a phrase.

Words near it's someone's funeral in the dictionary

  1. it's on
  2. it's only a matter of time
  3. it's only a question of time
  4. it's raining
  5. it's snowing
  6. it's someone's funeral
  7. it's the hit dog that howls
  8. it's the thought that counts
  9. it's the truth, Ruth
  10. it's too expensive
  11. it's too late for sorry

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