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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

it's someone's funeral en · X

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal, ironic, sarcastic, sometimes) A person’s decisions or actions will result in negative consequences only for themselves.
    • And then having the nerve to pray to God. It's her pimp, if she wants to do it it's her funeral. 1936, Caroline Slade, Sterile Sun:
    • He can make as many empty tubes and corrugations out of me as he likes. It's his funeral. 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
    • "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?" 1946, Winston Clewes, Sweet River in the Morning:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
that's someone's funeral alternative, rare lexicographic

Relateds

have it your way · serve someone right · on one's head · go one's own way · so be it · have it coming

Translations (8)

cmn 自作自受 (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person) · nl het is jouw begrafenis (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person) · cmn 自食其果 (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person) · hu nem tartozik rám (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person) · fi itsepähän siitä kärsii (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person) · fi omapa on häpeäsi (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person) · hu nem az én bajom (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person) · hu lelke rajta (someone's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on that person)