be the business



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be the business

To be exceptionally great, excellent, high-quality, or skillful. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. Have you ever tried the pistachio gelato at this place? It's the absolute business! I'm so crazy about the girl I've started seeing. I think she's the business, and I don't care who knows it! Wow, this singer is really the business, isn't she?
See also: business

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Edoardo-Italian
AdlaiAD-lay (English), AD-lie (English)Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
StienSTEENDutch, Limburgish
Early['ə:li]
ErnstERNST (German), ERNSHT (Swedish)German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
KaarinaKAH:-ree-nahFinnish