English Dictionary

not my circus, not my monkeys

phrase

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

When it comes to office politics, I always remember that it's not my circus, not my monkeys.

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.