it's a free country

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used as a reply when sb suggests that you should not do sth

   Oi, it's a free country. You sit there if you want to sit there.

In the movies · 9

• - I see. - It's a free country. Don't you know that?Clue1985
• "Why don't you move out? It's a free country."American Movie1999
• It's a free country.500 Days of Summer2009
• It's a free country.Heat1995
• It's a free country, ain't it?Lonesome Dove1989
• It's a free country. Used to be, anyhow.Road to Perdition2002
• Oi, it's a free country. You sit there if you want to sit there.This Is England2007
• - It's a free country, you know.The Ultimate Gift2007

Learn it in full scenes

• Clue1985
  • Mrs. Peacock Breaks the Ice
  • Guests Arrive at the Mansion
  • Wadsworth Reveals the Blackmail
• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill

From the same entry

• free and easy
• get, have, a free hand
• get, take, a free ride
• there's no such thing as a free lunch
• be home and dry
• give free rein
• make free with
• run free
• walk free

More idioms

• come and go
• to bits
• for better or worse
• give the creeps
• come first
• have it your own way
• any moment
• come close
• in the circumstances
• in turn
• hit it off
• play with fire