business is business
business is business phrase: business matters should not be influenced by friendship or sentiment.
Phrase
business is business
- Business matters should not be influenced by friendship or sentiment.
- I've a mortgage now on Tompkins' lot; / What a fool he was to become a sot! […] How she will blubber and sob and sigh, / But business is business,—and what care I?before 1843, anonymous author, The Grog-Seller's Dream
- But money first, you know, Mark; business is business as the saying is; and there's nothing like the ready.1846, Charles Rowcroft, The Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land
business is business meaning in Tamil
business is business in Tamil
- business is business
- தொழில் தொழில் தான் toḻil toḻil tāṉ
Origin of business is business
Possibly a calque of French les affaires sont les affaires (or vice versa). The French phrase is found as far back as George Sand's Mattea (1833).
Questions about business is business
- What does business is business mean?
- Business is business means business matters should not be influenced by friendship or sentiment.
- What is business is business in Tamil?
- Business is business in Tamil is தொழில் தொழில் தான் (toḻil toḻil tāṉ). See Business is business meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is business is business?
- Business is business is a phrase.
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