SINCE 1828
business as usual
idiomDefinition of business as usual
—used to say that something is working or continuing in the normal or usual way Much of the town lost electricity in the storm, but for people with generators it was business as usual.As the election nears, both political parties continue to blame each other for all the city's problems. In other words, it's business as usual.
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