business as usual
Normal operations continue
Business as usual describes the continuation of normal operations or routines despite circumstances that might warrant change.
Often used when someone proceeds as if nothing unusual has happened: Despite the scandal, it was business as usual at headquarters.
The phrase can carry critical undertones, suggesting complacency or failure to adapt: We can't afford business as usual anymore.
- normalcyState of being typical
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- day in day outContinuously without variation
modus operandi · status quo · par for the course · run of the mill · same old · same old same old · nothing new · customary · by the book · going through the motions · cruise control · autopilot · expected · ho hum · let sleeping dogs lie · comfort zone · habitual · meeting
- complacency phrasesgood enough, why bother, it is what it is, not my problem, whatever
- Complacencytoo comfortable, going through motions, phoning it in, mailing it in, self-satisfied
business as usualstate of emergency
Officially declared public danger
upheaval · crisis mode · chaos · disruption · turmoil
business as usualalarm
Urgent warning signal
red alert · panic stations · emergency measures · firefighting · damage control
business as usualradical change
Fundamental, sweeping transformation
paradigm shift · revolution · transformation · upheaval · overhaul
usual, business, businessman, busily, businesslike, businesswoman, busied, busying, busyness