it's someone's funeral

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  • that's someone's funeral

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it's someone's funeral

  1. (informal) Someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person.
    • 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, authorized British edition, London: Martin Secker [], published February 1932 (May 1932 printing), →OCLC:
      He can make as many empty tubes and corrugations out of me as he likes. It's his funeral.
    • 1936, Caroline Slade, Sterile Sun:
      And then having the nerve to pray to God. It's her pimp, if she wants to do it it's her funeral.
    • 1946, Winston Clewes, Sweet River in the Morning:
      "Well, it's your funeral," Charlie said. "If you like it, I should worry." "Who says I like it?" the other lad said, angrily. "What else can I do?"

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