the done thing

(British, American & Australian) also the thing to do (American)

the correct way to behave in a particular social situation (usually negative) Wearing jeans in an office environment isn't really the done thing. You can't smoke during the meal. It's not the thing to do.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mandica	-	Croatian
Valentina	vah-len-TEE-nah (Italian), vah-lyen-TEE-nah (Russian), vah-leen-TEE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Russian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Spanish, Ancient Roman
Mathieu	-	French
Irmhild	EERM-hilt	German
Lorrin	-	English (Rare)
Gul	-	Urdu, Pashto