it's someone's funeral

it's someone's funeral

English

Alternative forms

• that's someone's funeral

Pronunciation

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Phrase

it's someone's funeral

1. (informal) One's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on oneself.
   • 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

     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?"

Translations

one's decisions will bring undesirable consequences

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Dutch: het is jouw begrafenis Finnish: itsepähän siitä kärsii, omapa on häpeäsi Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “it's your funeral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “it s your funeral” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “that s it s your funeral” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.