狗拿耗子

狗拿耗子

Literally means:

a dog tries to catch mice

Actually means:

try to poke one's nose into other people's business

It comes from the Chinese idiom 狗拿耗子，多管闲事. 拿, to catch; 耗子, mice.

This phrase is used to accuse someone of minding or interfering in too much of other people's business. Normally, it is the business of cats but not of dogs to catch mice. When a dog crosses the boundary of his business and takes over what a cat usually does,then he is poking his nose into others' business. Derogatory.

来自歇后语：“狗拿耗子，多管闲事”。拿，抓。耗子，老鼠。

狗拿耗子，责怪别人事情管得太多，不该管的也要管。一般来说，抓老鼠的应该是猫而不是狗，狗超越了自己的职责，做了猫做的事情，这就是多管闲事了。具有贬义色彩。