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What's that got to do with you?

English translation: is that any of your business?

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English term or phrase:	What\'s that got to do with you?
English translation:	is that any of your business?
Entered by:	Hakki Ucar

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09:25 Dec 21, 2011

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English term or phrase: What's that got to do with you?

What does exactly mean this saying ?

Hakki Ucar KudoZ activity Questions: 74 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 52
Local time: 04:05

is that any of your business?

Explanation:
Basically, why are you interfering in my private affairs?

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-12-21 09:37:23 GMT)
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Many rephrasings are possible.

"That" of course refers back to something the other person just said
"do with" = concern

so, more formally, we would say "in what way does that concern you?"

Selected response from:

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 02:05

Grading comment

thanks everybody
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +12

is that any of your business?

Sheila Wilson

4 +2

What right have you got to interfere / comment?

Liz Broomfield

What is the concern

bishan sharma

don't worry about it;it doesn't concern you

Tatjana Momirović

Answers

8 mins confidence:

what's that got to do with you? What is the concern

Explanation:
What is the concern of the thing in question with you?

bishan sharma
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

what's that got to do with you? What right have you got to interfere / comment?

Explanation:
Difficult without the context, but it would normally be used if person A was doing or saying or experiencing something, or a third party was, and person B came in with interference, comments, unrequested advice, etc. Person A would then say "what's that got to do with you?", i.e. what makes you think you can come along and get mixed up in my thing? What right have you got to do that?

A: I'm so tired after the big row
B: Well what you need to do is get rid of your husband and then the rows will stop
A: What's that got to do with you?

A: C says she is tired.
B: Why? Is she rowing with her husband? Not eating enough?
A: What's that got to do with you?

Liz Broomfield
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

Notes to answerer

Asker: special thanks for your explanations..

10 mins confidence:

what\'s that got to do with you? don't worry about it;it doesn't concern you

Explanation:
this phrase means don't worry about it;it doesn't concern you

Tatjana Momirović
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 03:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Bosnian,