A teacher's private life is her own affair.
English dictionary. 2014.
be someone's affair — be someone’s affair phrase used for saying that something is relevant or private to one person only, and other people do not have the right to make comments about it or get involved in it A teacher’s private life is her own affair. Thesaurus:… … Useful english dictionary
affair */*/*/ — UK [əˈfeə(r)] / US [əˈfer] noun Word forms affair : singular affair plural affairs 1) affairs [plural] events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy etc of a country, region, or the world a public affairs consultant a… … English dictionary
affair — af|fair [ ə fer ] noun *** ▸ 1 political events ▸ 2 events in personal life ▸ 3 shocking event ▸ 4 sexual relationship ▸ 5 event, situation, etc. ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) affairs plural events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
affair — [[t]əfe͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ affairs 1) N SING: the N If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair. The government has mishandled the whole affair... The affair began when… … English dictionary
affair — (n.) c.1300, what one has to do, from Anglo French afere, O.Fr. afaire (12c., Mod.Fr. affaire) business, event; rank, estate, from the infinitive phrase à faire to do, from L. ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + facere to do, make (see FACTITIOUS … Etymology dictionary
affair — af|fair W1S2 [əˈfeə US əˈfer] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(public/political activities)¦ 2¦(event)¦ 3¦(relationship)¦ 4¦(object)¦ 5 be somebody s affair ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: afaire, from à faire to do ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
affair — noun (C) 1 affairs (plural) a) public or political events and activities: world affairs | They were accused of interfering in China s internal affairs. | the exclusion of women from public affairs | foreign affairs (=political events in other… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
affair*/*/*/ — [əˈfeə] noun 1) affairs [plural] events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy etc of a country or region The Senator is an expert on foreign affairs.[/ex] a government spokesperson on consumer affairs[/ex] See: current… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Someone Like You (film) — Infobox Film name = Someone Like You caption = director = Tony Goldwyn writer = Laura Zigman (novel), Elizabeth Chandler starring = Ashley Judd, Hugh Jackman, Marisa Tomei producer = Lynda Obst distributor = 20th Century Fox budget =… … Wikipedia
affair(e) — a sexual relationship with someone other than your regular partner The English version is now more common: ... having a vigorous and even dangerous wife, and an affair problem. (Bradbury, 1975) In French it might include the person… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
