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"Show business" means the entertainment industry. "Hardest working in show business" is generic.

• gruez 5y ago
  Source for this? Searching for "Hardest working in show business" without quotes turns up something relating to an entertainer, and searching it with quotes also returns a bunch of entertainment-related matches.
  • sosborn 5y ago
    > Source for this? American culture for the past 40 years. Seriously, this is a common idiom.
    • MikusR 5y ago
      Can you provide any sources? Google only gives results about a single singer.
      • sosborn 5y ago
        I'm a native speaker that grew up and lives in the U.S. People use it all the time. I don't have any scientific research papers available to show you, but I promise you - this is a common expression.