not my circus, not my monkeys

Phrase

colloquial not my monkeys

Japanese Meaning

自分には関係のない問題である / 他人の問題であり、介入すべきではない事柄である / 責任や制御の範囲外の事案である

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When their argument spilled into the office, I reminded myself, not my circus, not my monkeys, and kept working.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らの口論がオフィスにまで持ち込まれたとき、私は「自分の問題ではない」と自分に言い聞かせ、仕事を続けた。

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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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