no business like snow business??? what does it mean?

Question

is this a figure of speech?... I saw it in a lot of newspaper headings and t.v show episodes.... what's the real origin...or meaning, is this a metaphore?

Answer 1

It's a play on words on the original phrase "There's no business like show business" made famous by the song by Ethel Merman from the musical Annie Get Your Gun from the 1940s/50s

Answer 2

As the others point out, the original is "show business", and as they say, from a song meaning show business is a great business to be in. If you see "snow business" substituted, it would be intended to be a humorous paraphrase referring to trying to fool someone, pull the wool over someone's eyes. So, for example, if some politician's trying to pull a coverup, that might be called "snow business".
Likewise as mentioned before, it might be used as a humorous reference to anything involving real snow. So the ski resort might say "we're in snow business". The long and the short of it is, it's intended to be a humorous reference to the old song.

Answer 3

Originally "There's no business like show business." Also a song by the same name. You know how the media like to play on old words and old phrases.
Show business is a vernacular term for the business of entertainment. It tends to refer to the agents, managers, production and distribution companies that are in the business of entertainment; it can also include the artists and performers involved. It applies to all aspects of live 'shows', from cinema to television to theater to music.

Answer 4

Do you mean "no business like SHOW business?"If not,goggle the phrase. There are many references to SNOW BUSINESS from name of a CD, to winter resort sayings, to a political saying, to the name of a Power Rangers episode. It think they are just playing off the phrase "no business like show business" from Annie Get Your Gun.

Answer 5

actually, the line is 'show busines' it refers to the life or excitement in a show as comparied to another job.