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That is usual, expected, not extraordinary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
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The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Popularized by Winston Churchill as motto in World War I.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
comme si de rien n'était
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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German:
Tagesgeschäft
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Hungarian:
szokásos ügymenet/üzletmenet
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Hungarian:
mintha semmi sem történt volna
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Hungarian:
mintha mi se történt volna
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Hungarian:
az élet megy tovább
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Portuguese:
mais do mesmo
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Portuguese:
o costume
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Russian:
обы́чный поря́док ве́дения дел
(obýčnyj porjádok védenija del)
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Spanish:
como si nada ocurriera
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Spanish:
zona de conflicto
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Spanish:
como si tal cosa
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Spanish:
más de lo mismo
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Spanish:
sin novedad en el frente
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary
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Spanish:
lo mismo de siempre
— The normal course of an activity, in circumstances that are out of the ordinary