it's not my fault

English

English phrasebook

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Phrase

it's not my fault

1. I did not cause the problem.

   It's not my fault that it's raining.

2. (by extension, informal) I did not cause it (regardless of whether the subject matter is perceived as problematic).

   It's not my fault that you're so smart!

Translations

I did not cause the problem

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 這不是我的錯／这不是我的错 (zhè bùshì wǒ de cuò)

• Czech: já za to nemůžu
• Danish: det er ikke min skyld
• Dutch: het is niet mijn fout, het is niet mijn schuld
• Finnish: (se) ei ole minun vikani
• French: ce n’est pas ma faute
• German: es ist nicht meine Schuld
• Hungarian: nem tehetek róla, nem az én hibám
• Italian: non è colpa mia
• Jamaican Creole: a nuh fi mi fault
• Polish: to nie moja wina
• Portuguese: não é minha culpa
• Spanish: no es mi culpa
• Swedish: det är inte mitt fel