bee·keep·er n. 양봉가

not someone's keeper 관용구

a keeper

something you want to keep for a long time """Do you like my leather jacket?"" ""Ya, man. It's a keeper!"""

keeper

(See a keeper)

one's brother's keeper

Idiom(s): be one's brother's keeper

Theme: RESPONSIBILITY

to be responsible for someone else.
• I can't force these kids to go to school and get an education so they can get jobs. I am not my brother's keeper.
• You can't expect me to be my brother's keeper. Each of us should be responsible!

Finders keepers, losers weepers

Idiom(s): Finders keepers(, losers weepers)

Theme: FINDING

A phrase said when something is found. (The person who finds something gets to keep it. The person who loses it can only weep. Fixed order.)
• John lost a quarter in the dining room yesterday. Ann found the quarter there today. Ann claimed that since she found it, it was hers. She said, "Finders keepers, losers weepers."
• John said, "I'll say finders keepers when I find something of yours!"

Poacher turned gamekeeper

Someone who gets a legitimate job which is the opposite of their previous one. E.G a computer hacker who then helps to catch other hackers or an ex-bank robber who then advises banks on security.

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informal Those who find lost things can keep them.

Used usually by children to claim the right to keep something they have found. I don't have to give it back; it's finders keepers. Finders keepers, losers weepers! It's my knife now!

finders, keepers

finders, keepers
A phrase meaning that whoever finds something is entitled to keep it. For example, Someone left a dollar bill in this rented car—finders, keepers. This expression alludes to an ancient Roman law to that effect and has been stated in numerous different ways over the centuries. The modern version, often stated as Finders keepers, losers weepers, dates from the mid-1800s and is no longer a legal precept.

not (one's) keeper

Not amenable for one's actions, behavior, or whereabouts. Often acclimated to accurate annoyance that such albatross is assumed. Of advance I'm aghast that Travis got arrested again, but I'm not his keeper. How should I apperceive area Mary is? I'm not her keeper.Learn more: keeper, not