custom

Related to custom: Custom duty, Custom stickers

Eve's custom house

obsolete The vagina. The phrase refers to the Biblical Eve. Sir, Eve's custom house is closed. I am a lady, you know.
See also: custom, house

old Spanish customs

Unorthodox, unregulated, or unauthorized practices that are nevertheless widely accepted and long-standing. Because this department existed long before all the new regulations came into effect, there are quite a few old Spanish customs held onto by the more tenured staff that, while not in the service of efficiency, aren't likely to disappear anytime soon.
See also: custom, old, Spanish

so many countries, so many customs

There are around 200 countries in the world, and each of them has a unique set of social rules about what constitutes appropriate behavior. Just be aware that what you've been taught to consider rude might not be the same elsewhere. In China, for example, it's considered very rude to stick your chopstick upright into a bowl of rice, but spitting in public is considered perfectly acceptable. So many countries, so many customs.
See also: custom, many
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

so many countries, so many customs.

Prov. People in different countries have different ways of behaving. In the last place I visited, it was considered rude to put your hands on the table at dinner, but here, it's rude to keep them under the table. so many countries, so many customs.
See also: custom, many
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

old Spanish customs (or Spanish practices)

long-standing though unauthorized or irregular work practices.
This expression has been in use in printing circles since the 1960s; it is often used humorously to refer to practices in the British newspaper printing houses in Fleet Street, London, formerly notorious for their inefficiency. The reason for describing such practices as ‘Spanish’ is not known.
1998 Spectator [Outsourcing] can do much for flexibility and more for costs and it is a proven cure for quaint old Spanish customs.
See also: custom, old, Spanish
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • Eve's custom house
  • the lady of the house
  • keep open house
  • open house, keep
  • tiny house
  • ask up
  • out of square
  • move house
  • spend the night
  • spend the night with somebody/together
References in periodicals archive
Cutters and pullers available in combination of custom engineered systems for specific requirements.
Extrusion systems
Head hesitates to say that KSU's custom printing efforts have directly affected enrollment growth--although 600 more first-time freshman enrolled this year over last year.
Printing detail: custom publishing can help cut expenses, attract desirable students, and distribute timely information. Here's how schools are getting the job done
Of this, the impact of reduced customs duty rates for the nine-month period was Rs75 billion under the Fifth Schedule of the Customs Act.
PTI govt mulls abolishing fifth schedule of customs act
To access these experts in custom clothing, you can order everything via their website: www.MyCustomTailor.com.
Bespoke Wedding Suits for the LGBTQ Community - Online or in Person at My Custom Tailor
He said members of FCAG are very much thankful to high ups of Custom Department for holding of training for them in Peshawar.
Six days training for Custom Clearing Agents in Peshawar
Assistant Commissioner of Customs for Technical Operations, William Buku congratulated the licensed customs brokers, and cautions that those pursuing career in the field of customs brokerage should see it as a noble profession that should be taken seriously.
LRA licenses 25 customs brokers
Even the entry level Ford Transit Custom and Ford Tourneo Custom are well equipped.
Transit is van-tastic
Qurban Ali Khan said about 20 years earlier in Custom department there was only one Collector for whole KP, FATA and Gilgit Baltistan, but now there are around 1000 officials in the whole Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Web Based One Custom system launched at Torkhem border
Now Custom Collectorate has become a progressing organization where no one can fleece the traders in name of documentation, he remarked.
Peshawar Customs launches WEBOC at Torkham on International Custom Day
Additionally, increased European Union oversight over customs processes, the cumbersome T-1 process itself and the challenges that T-1 use created, meant that both the DoD and the German government were ready to return to Form 302 use via an improved duty-free customs clearance process using the CPA-NATO system.
New German customs clearance hits the ground running: performing customs clearance in the USEUCOM AOR is nothing new for SDDC or the 598th Transportation Terminal Croup. But clearing shipments 24-hours a day for cargo arriving via air is
(2) The defendants were convicted of violations arising from payments to Haitian officials to reduce the Company's customs duties and sales tax assessment.
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: compliance issues in the tax and customs arena
Customs control will not be applied at the customs pass-points to handbags and baggage of passengers traveling from Baku to Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic through Islamic Republic of Iran, APA reports citing Press and Public Relations Office of the state Customs Committee.
Buses running along Baku-Nakhchivan-Baku route to pass Iranian customs without inspections
Tribune news network Doha Qatar Chamber (QC) has trained 856 customs agents under its customs clearance course, which it has been conducting since 2015, the Chamber announced in a statement on Wednesday.
Qatar Chamber trains 856 customs agents since 2015
Participants of the recently concluded 18th session of Qatar Chamber's customs clearance programme.
Qatar Chamber trains 856 customs agents since 2015
ABU DHABI, 6th August, 2019 (WAM) -- The Federal Customs Authority, FCA, has implemented a unified customs electronic system that will reinforce customs control methods across the Emirates.
FCA unifying customs electronic systems across Emirates