show biz

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show biz

slang Show business. "Biz" is an informal shortening of "business." It can be quite grueling having to travel the country performing for audiences week in, week out, but that's show biz for you. Everyone in this town is looking to get into show biz in one way or , but it's just a pipe dream for most of them.
See also: biz, show
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

show biz

n. show business. Anybody who can make a living in show biz has to be clever and talented.
See also: biz, show
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • like nobody’s business
  • like nobody's business
  • business woman
  • go about (one's) business
  • go about your business
  • open for business
  • punctuality is the soul of business
  • How's business?
  • Keep your shop and your shop will keep you
  • make it one's business
References in periodicals archive
Would you be willing to join show biz? If it's destined for me, then why not?
Jonny Buckland of Mold (left)and fellow members of Coldplay earned pounds 12m last year,making them among the leading show biz earners in OK!
Keona, our 4-year-old, looks like she might want to be in show biz because she loves dancing and singing.
Of course, in true show biz style, exclusive photographs of the party -after Everton's Premiership clash with Chelsea on Saturday -have been sold to celebrity magazine OK.
Even if Eddie Garcia were a show biz icon, he never made anyone feel intimidated by his presence.
HOT on the heels of that other show biz couple, Kym Marsh and Jack Ryder,it would appear that J-Lo and Ben Affleck have split.
Gary Valenciano opens the second quarter of 2019 with his return to the international concert scene via his upcoming North American tour, 'He's Back: Gary V US Tour,' as part of his 35th year in show biz. Joining him are guests Jona and Katrina Velarde.
THE GREAT grandchildren of the late Brookside star Bill Dean are following in his show biz footsteps.
He also supported PDEA chief Aaron Aquino's proposal to subject show biz talents to drug tests, which, he said, the long-running noontime TV show Eat Bulaga has been doing.
When you retire from the PBA, are you willing to join show biz like other former cagers?
A FEW show biz pals never go amiss when you'reaiming for the top and Jemini duo Chris Cromby and Gemma Abbey will have Kitten Natasha Hamilton cheering them on to Eurovision glory on May 24.
Ai-Ai delas Alas, who's marking her 30th year in show biz this year, is thankful for a life and career full of blessings.
This week's top show biz news in the Inquirer tabloid Bandera (and why we are moved, if we are moved):
Angel Locsin ayaw magkaroon ng title sa show biz: Ang feeling ko po kasi hindi ko deserve 'yun.
He may not have much experience in show biz, but 'I have always been a fan since I was young.'