business as usual

English

Noun

business as usual (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.
   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, New York Times:

     In other words, it is business as usual on the Korean Peninsula. Perhaps, when the atmosphere cools down, an argument can be made for giving North Korea’s leaders some of the assistance they want, if they are willing to make concessions of their own.

2. (idiomatic) The normal execution of standard functional operations within an organisation, particularly in contrast to a project or program which would introduce change (although that change may itself become business as usual).

Translations

The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary

• French: comme si de rien n'était (fr)
• German: Tagesgeschäft (de)

• Russian: обычный порядок ведения дел (ru) (obýčnyj porjádok védenija del)
• Spanish: como si nada ocurriera, zona de conflicto (es)

Antonyms

• whatever it takes

See also

Wikipedia articles on:

• business as usual
• politics as usual