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none of your beeswax

none of your beeswax phrase: a riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.

Phrase

none of your beeswax

  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.1950, Beverly Cleary, Henry Huggins, page 21
    • BARBARA. That’s for me to know.
      RANDY. Come on. Who?
      BARBARA. None of your beeswax.1977, Albert Ramsdell Gurney, Children, page 25

Forms of none of your beeswax

alternative formnone of your bee's wax
alternative formnone of your bees' wax

Origin of none of your beeswax

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

Questions about none of your beeswax

What does none of your beeswax mean?
None of your beeswax means a riposte to badgering questioning, expressing a refusal to answer, and an insistence that the questioner cease prying any further.
What part of speech is none of your beeswax?
None of your beeswax is a phrase.

Words near none of your beeswax in the dictionary

  1. none
  2. none of someone's business
  3. none of these words are in the Bible
  4. none of your bee's wax
  5. none of your bees' wax
  6. none of your beeswax
  7. none other than
  8. none taken
  9. none the less
  10. none the wiser
  11. none the worse

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