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It’s an american idiom. Just means they are hard working folks.
by chamakits 5y ago
It’s an american idiom. Just means they are hard working folks.
- gruez 5y agoIt is? To me it only means "the entertainment industry". This seems to be confirmed by https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/show_business https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/show_business
- DoctorOW 5y ago"Show business" means the entertainment industry. "Hardest working in show business" is generic.
- gruez 5y agoSource for this? Searching for "Hardest working in show business" without quotes turns up something relating to an entertainer, and searching it with quotes also returns a bunch of entertainment-related matches.
- sosborn 5y ago> Source for this? American culture for the past 40 years. Seriously, this is a common idiom.
- MikusR 5y agoCan you provide any sources? Google only gives results about a single singer.
- sosborn 5y agoI'm a native speaker that grew up and lives in the U.S. People use it all the time. I don't have any scientific research papers available to show you, but I promise you - this is a common expression.
- optimiz3 5y agoWhat I mean is WireGuard seems like a sincere engineering effort. I'm not sure why it would be called show business which implies fakery.
- danachow 5y agoYou’re missing the boat on this one. It’s an idiom, not taken literally.
- C19is20 5y agoMisunderstandings about water-transport timetables in 3...2... * i'll add that whare i am 'the hardest working folks in show business', is often a compliment: we have our backstage (offices etc), and front of house (dealing with customers) where we have our smiley faces plastered on.