"les affaires sont les affaires" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Français]

IPA: \le.z‿a.fɛʁ sɔ̃ le.z‿a.fɛʁ\
  1. Adage tautologique signifiant qu’aucune question étrangère au lucre ne saurait interférer avec les affaires qui font gagner de l’argent, souvent utilisé pour justifier ou ponctuer un comportement moralement répréhensible.
    Sense id: fr-les_affaires_sont_les_affaires-fr-phrase-oSHn9tiC Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: business is business (Anglais), It’s nothing personal. It’s just business. (Anglais), el negoci és el negoci (Catalan), los negocios son los negocios (Espagnol), ne ekzistas en komerco amikeco nek ŝerco (Espéranto), gli affari sono affari (Italien), حساب حسابه کاکا برادر (Persan), negócios são negócios (Portugais), дела есть дела (Russe)
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    "D'après la pièce d'Octave Mirbeau, Les affaires sont les affaires (1903)."
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      "word": "el negoci és el negoci"
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      "word": "gli affari sono affari"
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      "word": "حساب حسابه کاکا برادر"
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      "word": "negócios são negócios"
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      "word": "gli affari sono affari"
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      "lang": "Persan",
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      "word": "حساب حسابه کاکا برادر"
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      "word": "negócios são negócios"
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      "lang": "Russe",
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