where did the saying mind your own beeswax come from
Mind your own business In the 1930s, a slang version rendered the saying as "Mind your own beeswax". It is meant to soften the force of the retort.[2] Folk etymology has it that this idiom was used in the colonial period when women would sit by the fireplace making wax candles together,[3] though there are many other theories.[4]
Three wise monkeys Just as there is disagreement about the origin of the phrase, there are differing explanations of the meaning of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil".
Skin in the game (phrase) The origin of the phrase is unknown.[1]
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford Molly Bawn contains Hungerford's most famous idiom:
If I Had My Life to Live Over The song is now a recognized standard, recorded by many artists.
Rabbit rabbit rabbit The exact origin of the superstition is unknown, though it was recorded in Notes and Queries as being said by children in 1909: