Wouldn't I be ironically minding someone else's business when I tell the

Question: Wouldn't I be ironically minding someone else's business when I tell them to 'mind their business'!?
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Excellent point! It could be, and very often is!. The underlying point of the phrase is something like, "Keep your meddling/controlling energy to yourself!. Respect my boundaries and my freedom!."!. If you respond to the meddling energy of someone else by trying to control them, then you are denying their freedom, you are invading their boundaries--you are doing the same thing to them that they did to you!. On the other hand, you can repel their meddling without denying their freedom to have that energy!. Then you're preventing their attempt to mind your business without you minding theirs!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Technically you have a point!. But the context in which we use the phrase is to reject someone else from involvement in personal matters!. People often don't think about the literal breakdown of the words they use in phrases!.

Yesterday, I overheard one lady say to another, "I'm not putting my neck out on a limb!." LOL!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i could see how you would think so very easily, but i don't agree on a small technicallity!.!.!. 'mind your buisness' just means don't worry about what i'm doing!.!.!. by telling them that you're ordering them to do something!.!.!. not JUST worrying about what they're doing!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not unless you had asked them their businessWww@QuestionHome@Com