this is my floor

this is my floor

a phrase said by someone at the back of an elevator suggesting that people make way for that person to exit at a particular floor. Mary said, "This is my floor," and everyone made room for her to get out of the elevator. "Out, please," said Tom loudly. "This is my floor!"
See also: floor, this
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a penny for them
  • great minds
  • great minds think alike
  • burner
  • back burner
  • backburner
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • not tonight, Josephine
  • be twiddling (one's) thumbs
  • be twiddling your thumbs