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    to do one's business in an office

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    to do one's business in an office

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    To all the natives: I think the author of this phrase (a German native) wanted to express that business is conducted in an office... but does this phrase hit the nail on the head? Or is it totally ambiguous? Does that phrase imply that you actually do something in an office now that you would usually do in a bathroom? I am a German native myself and I am not quite sure that you can actually say it like that...
    Author mariechen81 (327931) 14 Dec 07, 09:50
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    Yes, it sounds like pooing in your office.

    Whenever you do YOUR business, it is potty-talk.
    #1AuthorCourtney (337031) 14 Dec 07, 10:09
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    Second Courtney. It sounds dirty.
    #2Author Selkie (236097) 14 Dec 07, 10:19
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    OK, thank you guys! Think I should tell him before he uses this in his daily emails with UK business partners... ;o)
    #3Authormariechen81 unplugged14 Dec 07, 15:28
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    Even just removing "one's" cleans this up a lot: "do business in an/his/her office" (as opposed to at home, on the road, or whatever).
    #4AuthorTom (AE) (237076) 14 Dec 07, 17:03
     
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