give someone the business

as if someone owns the place

Alternative form of like someone owns the place.

bad business

Synonym of bad news (“irritating, troublesome or harmful thing, situation or person”).

beat someone round the ears

To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

bless someone with

To give or bestow, as a gift from God.

bring someone to their knees

To defeat and make submit to orders.

business as usual

The normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.

business end

The part of an object (chiefly a tool or weapon) that is physically used for its operation, rather than some other part such as the part by which it is held.

business girl

A female prostitute.