(I'm just) minding my own business.

(I'm just) minding my own business.
(I'm just) minding my own business.
Fig. an answer to a greeting inquiry asking what one is doing. (This answer also can carry the implication “Since I am minding my own business, why aren't you minding your own business?”) •

Tom: Hey, man, what are you doing? Bill: Minding my own business. See you around.

Sue: Hi, Mary. What have you been doing? Mary: I'm just minding my own business and trying to keep out of trouble.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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