English Dictionary

not my circus, not my monkeys

フレーズ

口語 未分類

(colloquial) It's none of my business; indicates that one is not responsible for controlling or changing a volatile or delicate situation.

日本語の意味

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

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

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。

意味（1）

(colloquial) 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.

not my circus （ canonical ）