funny business
improper or unethical conduct, as deception or trickery: He won't stand for any funny business here.
Origin of funny business
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How to use funny business in a sentence
The “Juan/Angel” saga caps a long list of election funny business in Dade County.
"No funny business," he challenged, but Sadau gestured the challenge aside.
The Devil's Asteroid | Manly Wade WellmanWere not looking for trouble, said he, but the man who tries any funny business with that dam will get hurt.
The Boss of Wind River | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)He had gone about his funny business with the air of a curate marrying his vicar to the object of his hopeless affections.
The Mountebank | William J. LockeThis also had the additional advantage of preventing any funny business on the part of Judge Harrison.
By Advice of Counsel | Arthur Train
I shall have to paint the whole building now, and it isn't very funny business.
At the Little Brown House | Ruth Alberta Brown
Other Idioms and Phrases with funny business
Deceit, treachery, unethical conduct. For example, We suspect their outfit has been up to some funny business. [Colloquial; c. 1880]
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