The sentiment behind “nobody asked you” transcends language barriers, finding expression in various idioms and phrases across different cultures. It’s like a worldwide eye-roll that different languages use different, sometimes very sarcastic, idioms to express. Each of these idioms carries the same essence of dismissing unwanted opinions or interjections, albeit with linguistic nuances specific to their respective cultures. Despite the differences in language, the message remains universal: sometimes, it’s best to keep your thoughts to yourself. So here are different and funny ways people ask someone to keep their opinion to themselves in different languages.
1. English
Mind your beeswax.
2. French
Go somewhere else to see if I am there.
Deal with your own onions.
3. Arabic
You have no camel in the caravan.
Her father is ok with it, and I am ok with it. What is it to you, Judge?
4. Chilean Spanish
Who gave you a candle for this vigil?
5. Russian
You’re not getting fu*ked, so don’t wiggle your ass.
6. Polish
Don’t poke your nose into someone else’s business.
Not your grandma’s freckles
7. Bangali
Oil your own machine.
8. Lebanese Arabic
Who stepped on your tail?
9. Lithuanian
Not your garden, not your beans.
10. Dutch
Did I rattle with the trashcan?
11. Italian
Deal with your own cabbages.
12. Romanian
Don’t stick your nose where your pot is not boiling.
13. Portuguese
The one out chops wood.
14. Ukrainian
Do not put your nose in another person’s millet.
15. Cameroonian
What is a bicycle looking for in the petrol station?
16. Bulgarian
Nobody asks you what size are your underpants.
17. Marathi
Don’t thrust your nose in this.
18. Aussie
Pull your head in.
19. Hausa
Mend your cloth where it tore.
20. Hungarian
No card is dealt to you.
Sweep in front of your own house.
21. German
When the cake speaks, the crumb is on break.
22. Spanish
Nobody gave you a candle for this burial.
23. Brazillian Portuguese
The conversation hasn’t reached the pigsty yet
24. Greek
Sit on your own eggs.
Do not grow where you were not sown.
25. Venezuelan Spanish
Who said “turd” for you to float up?
