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Phrase(s): Business before pleasure.
Prov. You should finish your work before starting to relax and enjoy yourself. • Alan: Hi, Ted. Shall we get something to drink? Ted: Business before pleasure, Alan. Do you have the reports I asked you to bring? • I’d love to go water-skiing with you now, but I have a few things to do in the office first. Business before pleasure, I’m afraid.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs