How's business?

How's business?
How's business?
Inf. a question asked in a conversation about the state of someone's business or job. •

Tom: Hello, Sally. How's business? Sally: Okay, I suppose.

Bob: Good to see you, Fred. Fred: Hello, Bob. How's business? Bob: Just okay.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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