- be someone's pigeon
- be (someone's) pigeon
British & Australian, old-fashioned
if something is someone's pigeon, they are responsible for it.
Finance isn't my pigeon. Ask Brian about that.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
be someone's pigeon
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