land-office business

A very large volume of trade or business, especially when conducted in or over a short period of time. We always do a land-office business in camping tents in the weeks leading up to the local music festival.

land-office business

Fig. a large amount of business done in a short period of time. We always do a land-office business at this time of year. We keep going. Never do land-office business—just enough to make out.

land-office business

A thriving, expanding, or very profitable concern or volume of trade. For example, After the storm they did a land-office business in snow shovels and rock salt. This term, dating from the 1830s, alludes to the throng of applicants to government land offices through which Western lands were sold. It has been used for other booming business since the mid-1800s.

land-office business, a

A booming enterprise. This term dates from the 1830s and refers to local land offices of the U.S. government that registered applicants for purchasing government lands in the West. Although the government had been in the business of selling its land to settlers since Revolutionary times, from the 1820s on this business was greatly augmented and land offices saw long lines of applicants. By the mid-nineteenth century the term land-office business had been transferred to any fast-expanding or very profitable enterprise. Reporting on an election in 1875, the Chicago Tribune stated, “The taprooms adjoining the polls were all open and doing a land-office business.”

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

See also:

land-office business, a
punctuality is the soul of business
like nobody’s business
like nobody's business
Keep your shop and your shop will keep you
business woman
go about (one's) business
go about your business
do (one's) business
do business

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Ever since the first reported visions, but before the war, the resort town of Medjugorje has done a land-office business. Tourists have poured into the country by the thousands, bringing with them hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars (or their equivalent) for air fares, local transportation, hotels, restaurants, shops and souvenirs, not to mention the increased income to the local ecclesiastical institutions.

Mary, mad as hell, at Medjugorje - now

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释义	land-office business land-office business A very large volume of trade or business, especially when conducted in or over a short period of time. We always do a land-office business in camping tents in the weeks leading up to the local music festival. See also: business Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. land-office business Fig. a large amount of business done in a short period of time. We always do a land-office business at this time of year. We keep going. Never do land-office business—just enough to make out. See also: business McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. land-office business A thriving, expanding, or very profitable concern or volume of trade. For example, After the storm they did a land-office business in snow shovels and rock salt. This term, dating from the 1830s, alludes to the throng of applicants to government land offices through which Western lands were sold. It has been used for other booming business since the mid-1800s. See also: business The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. land-office business, a A booming enterprise. This term dates from the 1830s and refers to local land offices of the U.S. government that registered applicants for purchasing government lands in the West. Although the government had been in the business of selling its land to settlers since Revolutionary times, from the 1820s on this business was greatly augmented and land offices saw long lines of applicants. By the mid-nineteenth century the term land-office business had been transferred to any fast-expanding or very profitable enterprise. Reporting on an election in 1875, the Chicago Tribune stated, “The taprooms adjoining the polls were all open and doing a land-office business.” The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: land-office business, a punctuality is the soul of business like nobody’s business like nobody's business Keep your shop and your shop will keep you business woman go about (one's) business go about your business do (one's) business do business References in periodicals archive Ever since the first reported visions, but before the war, the resort town of Medjugorje has done a land-office business. Tourists have poured into the country by the thousands, bringing with them hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of dollars (or their equivalent) for air fares, local transportation, hotels, restaurants, shops and souvenirs, not to mention the increased income to the local ecclesiastical institutions. Mary, mad as hell, at Medjugorje - now
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