verb
Meaning 1
To do something pleasurable that is related to one's work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
mix business with pleasure
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sekoittaa työ ja huvi — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work
- French: joindre l'utile à l'agréable — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work
- Hungarian: összeköti a kellemest a hasznossal — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work
- Italian: unire l'utile al dilettevole — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work
- Polish: łączyć przyjemne z pożytecznym — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work
- Portuguese: unir o útil ao agradável — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work
- Romanian: îmbina utilul cu plăcutul — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work
- Russian: совмеща́ть прия́тное с поле́зным (sovmeščátʹ prijátnoje s poléznym) — to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work