| 单词 | business before pleasure |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbusiness before pleasure P23. Originally U.S. business before pleasure: work must be dealt with or duty attended to before a person can enjoy himself or herself. ΚΠ 1816 W. Wirt Let. 24 Sept. in J. P. Kennedy Mem. W. Wirt (1849) I. 415 Business first, and then pleasure, is my maxim.] 1831 Ladies' Mag. 4 346 They plod on, anxious to reach their destination, with an air that seems to say, ‘Business before pleasure’,—‘A penny saved is a penny earned’, [etc.] 1876 H. Alger Shifting for Himself ii. 21 I must bid you good-night, John. Business before pleasure, you know. 1918 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 668/1 ‘Very often we cannot even dine together, he is always in such a hurry!’ Business before pleasure. 1976 ‘R. Hooker’ & W. E. Butterworth MASH goes to San Francisco (1977) xiii. 170 Oh, how nice! And I think about you, too. But business before pleasure, as I always say. 2002 V. McDermid Last Temptation xxx. 360 ‘OK, business before pleasure,’ he said. ‘Let's go back to Berlin and make some plans.’ < as lemmas |
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