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Meaning of you don't dip your pen in company ink | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

One should avoid romantic or sexual relationships in the workplace.

Equivalents

Deutsch Bürofick bringt Unglück
Español donde se come no se caga donde tengas la olla no metas la polla
Français no zob in job
Português onde se ganha o pão, não se come a carne

Examples

“"In my job, young hot things have been coming up to me for years," says Fletcher, the retired pilot. "You don't dip your pen in company ink."”
“It wasn't money that attracted his current wife, Madeleine Deininger, who started working for Ravenswood in 1985. . . . "We had the policy that you don't dip your pen in company ink. We stayed good friends for a long time," Peterson says.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

you don't fish off the company pier you don't get something for nothing you don't get your nookie where you get your cookies you don't know what you're talking about you don't know where it's been you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire

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