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Meaning of not my circus, not my monkeys | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

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

colloquial

Equivalents

Deutsch nicht mein Zirkus, nicht meine Affen

Italiano non sono cazzi miei

Polski nie mój cyrk, nie moje małpy

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

not necessarily not on not on your nellie not one's first rodeo not saying much not so fast