business is business

English

Etymology

Calque of French les affaires sont les affaires. After a play by Octave Mirbeau.

Phrase

business is business

1. business matters shouldn't be influenced by friendship or sentiment

Translations

business matters

• Dutch: zaken zijn zaken
• Finnish: bisnes on bisnestä
• French: les affaires sont les affaires (fr)
• German: Geschäft ist Geschäft
• Italian: gli affari sono gli affari
• Polish: biznes to biznes
• Portuguese: amigos, amigos; negócios à parte (literally “friends, friends; business aside”)
• Spanish: los negocios son los negocios