not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys
not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys phrase: 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.
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not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys
- 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.
- 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.2015, J. J. Johnson, Believarexic, Open Road Media, →ISBN
Origin of not someone's circus, not someone's monkeys
Calque of Polish nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy.
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