that's your problem

that's your problem
that’s your problem spoken phrase
used for saying in an unkind way that you are not going to help someone or do what they want

I’m leaving, and if you don’t like it that’s your problem.

Thesaurus: to not help someonesynonym
Main entry: problem

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that's your (or his, or her, etc.) problem
(said with emphatic stress on pronoun) used to express one's lack of interest in or sympathy with the problems or misfortunes of another person

he'd made a mistake but that was his problem

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that's ˈher/ˈhis/ˈtheir/ˈyour problem idiom
(informal) used to show that you think a person should deal with their own difficulties

‘My parents will be furious!’ ‘That's your problem.’

Main entry:problemidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • that's your problem — spoken used for saying in an unkind way that you are not going to help someone or do what they want I m leaving, and if you don t like it that s your problem …   English dictionary

  • that's her problem — that s ˈher/ˈhis/ˈtheir/ˈyour problem idiom (informal) used to show that you think a person should deal with their own difficulties • ‘My parents will be furious!’ ‘That s your problem.’ Main entry: ↑problemidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • that's his problem — that s ˈher/ˈhis/ˈtheir/ˈyour problem idiom (informal) used to show that you think a person should deal with their own difficulties • ‘My parents will be furious!’ ‘That s your problem.’ Main entry: ↑problemidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • that's their problem — that s ˈher/ˈhis/ˈtheir/ˈyour problem idiom (informal) used to show that you think a person should deal with their own difficulties • ‘My parents will be furious!’ ‘That s your problem.’ Main entry: ↑problemidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • this is your problem — that s your business, I m not involved, it s your own personal affair …   English contemporary dictionary

  • what's your problem? — what’s your problem? spoken phrase used for asking someone in a threatening way why they are behaving in a way that you do not like or approve of Thesaurus: ways of threatening someonesynonym Main entry: problem * * * what s your problem? idiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • problem — prob|lem W1S1 [ˈprɔbləm US ˈpra: ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(difficulty)¦ 2 3¦(question)¦ 4 no problem 5 the (only) problem is (that) ... 6 that s your/his etc problem 7 it s/that s not my problem 8 What s your/his etc problem? 9 Do …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • problem — noun (C) 1 DIFFICULTY a situation that causes difficulties: There was rarely any problem in motivating the students to study. | have a problem with: I ve been having a few problems with the car. | a drug/crime problem: tough new measures to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • problem — prob|lem [ prabləm ] noun count *** 1. ) something that causes trouble or difficulty: a major cause of traffic problems in the city problem of: the problem of unemployment problem for: Homelessness is a serious problem for a lot of young people.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • problem */*/*/ — UK [ˈprɒbləm] / US [ˈprɑbləm] noun [countable] Word forms problem : singular problem plural problems Metaphor: Problems and troubles are like illnesses. When things get better, people think of the problems as being cured. She thinks we live in a… …   English dictionary

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