phr. business as usual 1. 照常营业
2. 一切如常；处之泰然
Business is business. 公事公办。
do business with 1. 与…做买卖
2. 与…交往
do one's business 〈婉〉大便
do sb.'s business (或 do the business for sb.) 〈口〉够某人受的；要某人的命
If you eat any more pudding, it will do the business for you. 你再吃布丁会撑死的。
do the business 1. 〈英口〉解决问题；把事办成
I gave him some money and that did the business. 我给了他些钱事情就解决了。
2. 〈俚〉〈粗〉性交
get down to business 认真着手办事
It's time we got down to business. 我们该认真办事(或讨论实质问题)了。
give (get) the business 1. 〈美俚〉给予(受到)粗暴对待；(被)责罚(或殴打、杀害、戏弄、欺骗等)
The teacher gave him the business when he came to school late. 他迟到了，老师把他训斥一顿。
He's been giving his partner the business for years. 几年来他一直欺骗着他的同伙。
2. 尽最大努力
He gave the tryouts the business but failed. 他在选拔赛时尽了最大努力，但失败了。
go about one's business 干自己的事
Just go about your business and don't keep looking out of the window. 干你自己的事，别老望着窗外。
go into business 从事商业
He will go into business when he leaves school. 他毕业后将去经商。
go out of business 停止经商；停止做原来的工作
He had a shop, but he went out of business after the war. 他曾开了一家店，但战后他歇业了。
have no business 无权；没有理由
You've no business to say such a thing. 你无权说这样的话。
He had no business going swimming that day. 他那天不该去游泳。
in business 1. 经商，经营
He is in business for himself. 他自己经商。
2. 开始工作
The 15-member committee is expected to be in business by early June. 15人组成的委员会可望于6月初开始活动。
in the business of 从事…的；准备从事…的
know one's business 胜任自己所干的一行
(like) nobody's business 〈口〉非同寻常(的事)
He plays the piano like nobody's business. 他钢琴弹得极好。
My head this morning is nobody's business. 今晨我的头很不舒服。
make it one's business 特别注意某事，负责办某事
He never makes it his business to inquire whether you are rich or poor. 他从不打听你是富还是穷。
I will make it my business to see that the money is paid promptly. 我将负责督促迅速付款。
mean business 〈口〉是认真的；将一定采取行动
They convinced the enemy that they meant business. 他们使敌人相信他们是说到做到的。
mind one's own business 管自己的事
Mind your own business. 你别管闲事。
on business 因事，因公
visit Africa on official business 因公访问非洲
No admittance except on business. 非公莫入。
send sb. about his business 把某人打发走；叫某人不要多管闲事