be brother's keeper
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not be your brother's keeper also not be somebody's keeper

to not be responsible for what someone does or for what happens to them It's all too easy for us not to intervene in another country's problems, telling ourselves that we're not our brother's keeper. You shouldn't blame yourself for what's happened to Simon. You're not his keeper, you know.

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be brother's keeper (redirected from be keeper)

be brother's keeper
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