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فضولی موقوف

English translation: keep your nose out!

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:فضولی موقوف
English translation:keep your nose out!
Entered by: Neda Namvar Kohan

12:24 Apr 30, 2012
Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: فضولی موقوف
دستش را کشیدم و گفتم "فضولی موقوف"...
Eli Estefanian (X)
Iran
Local time: 21:06
keep your nose out!
Explanation:
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Neda Namvar Kohan
Iran
Local time: 21:06
Grading comment
thank you
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2curiosity kills the cat!
Zeynab Tajik
5 +2keep your nose out!
Neda Namvar Kohan
5no (more) meddling/interfering/butting in
Edward Plaisance Jr
5No more nibbling!/ Stop Nibbling!
Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
5you keep out of this/ mind your own business
Younes Mostafaei


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
curiosity kills the cat!


Explanation:
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Note added at 3 mins (2012-04-30 12:27:35 GMT)
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or "curiosity killed the cat"

Zeynab Tajik
Spain
Local time: 19:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmad Kabiri: Yeah, "killed" is more common.
3 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  Ehsan Alipour
22 hrs
  -> thanks!
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
keep your nose out!


Explanation:


Neda Namvar Kohan
Iran
Local time: 21:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mahmood Haerian-Ardakani
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Ahmad Kabiri
2 hrs
  -> Thank you
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
no (more) meddling/interfering/butting in


Explanation:
other options...

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 13:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 236
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
No more nibbling!/ Stop Nibbling!


Explanation:
"I took his/her hand back" indicates that the owner of the hand was taking tidbits of food or something and the other person (i.e. the grabber) did not like this act. So the idiom has nothing to do with curiosity or business of other people.

Mohammad Ali Moinfar (X)
Iran
Local time: 21:06
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 2
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
you keep out of this/ mind your own business


Explanation:
Also get/ keep your nose out of my business.

Younes Mostafaei
Iran
Local time: 21:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 16
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