it's a free countryBritish EnglishBrE used, usually humorously, to say that you are or should be allowed to do something, after someone has said that you should not do it 这是个自由的国家〔一般作幽默用法〕 It’s a free country. You can’t stop me. 这是个自由的国家,你阻止不了我的。
it’s a free country• "You can't say things like that!" "I can say whatever I want - it's a free country."
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