Gentlemen, I'm afraid the party is over and we must get down to business.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
get down to work — See: GET DOWN TO BUSINESS … Dictionary of American idioms
get down to work — See: GET DOWN TO BUSINESS … Dictionary of American idioms
get down to business — or[work] {v. phr.} To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. * /Gentlemen, I m afraid the party is over and we must get down to business./ … Dictionary of American idioms
get down to business — or[work] {v. phr.} To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. * /Gentlemen, I m afraid the party is over and we must get down to business./ … Dictionary of American idioms
get down to something — ˌget ˈdown to sth derived to begin to do sth; to give serious attention to sth • Let s get down to business. • I like to get down to work by 9 … Useful english dictionary
get\ down\ to\ business — • get down to business • get down to work v. phr. To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. Gentlemen, I m afraid the party is over and we must get down to business … Словарь американских идиом
get down to — get started on Let s get down to work so we can go home early … Idioms and examples
get down — verb 1. lower (one s body) as by kneeling (Freq. 3) Get down on your knees! • Hypernyms: ↑move • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s Something is ing PP … Useful english dictionary
get down — v. 1) (D; intr.) ( to dismount ) to get down from (to get down from a horse) 2) (D; tr.) ( to bring down ) to get down from (she got the book down from the shelf) 3) (d; intr.) to get down to ( to begin ); ( to take up ) (to get down to work; to… … Combinatory dictionary
get down to — {v.}, {informal} To get started on, being on. * /Joe wasted a lot of time before he got down to work./ * /Let s get down to work./ Compare: GET AT(3), GET GOING, GET TO … Dictionary of American idioms
