Business as usual

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Business as usual
/ˈbɪznɪs æz ˈjuːʒʊəl/ also:BAU” (n.)

1. Whatever it is that the service catalogue says you are meant to do.

2. The dusty folds of quotidian drudge in which legal eagles build their nests, out of sticks, dry twigs, weeds and, reasonable endeavours. Matters on which a legal eagle should not be called upon to opine but, all too frequently, will be.

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