Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

you don't dip your pen in company ink

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: you -don't dip y-our pen in -com-pa-ny ink
IPA

54

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

6

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One should avoid romantic or sexual relationships in the workplace.

Example Sentences

""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."

Inflected Forms

you don't dip your pen in the company's ink (alternative) you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell (alternative) you don't dip your pen in the inkwell (alternative)

Phrases

mix business with pleasure

Frequently Paired Words

mix business with pleasure

Synonyms

don't shit where you eat you don't fish off the company pier you don't get your nookie where you get your cookies don't get your honey where you make your money don't get your meat where you get your bread don't fish off the company dock

Questions

What does you don't dip your pen in company ink mean?: One should avoid romantic or sexual relationships in the workplace.

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