business is business

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Business matters should not be influenced by friendship or sentiment.

Word forms

business is business

Etymology

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).

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