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one's bread and butter
Idiom(s): one's bread and butterTheme: LIVELIHOOD
someone's income; someone's livelihood—the source of one's food.
• I can't miss another day of work. That's my bread and butter.
• I like to go to business conferences. That's good because that's my bread and butter.
know which side one's bread is buttered on
Idiom(s): know which side one's bread is buttered onTheme: ADVANTAGE
to know what is most advantageous for one.
• He'll do it if his boss tells him to. He knows which side his bread is buttered on.
• Since John knows which side his bread is buttered on, he'll be there on time.
greatest thing since sliced bread
Idiom(s): greatest thing since sliced breadTheme: GREAT
the best thing there ever was. (Usually sarcastic.)
• To hear her talk, you would think she had found the greatest thing since sliced bread.
• Todd thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
by a hair’s breadth
Idiom(s): by a hair(’s breadth) AND by a whiskerTheme: AMOUNT - SMALL
just barely; by a very small distance. (The whisker phrase is folksy.)
• I just missed getting on the plane by a hair's breadth.
• I made it by a hair!
• The arrow missed the deer by a whisker.
bread-and-butter letter
Idiom(s): bread-and-butter letterTheme: POLITENESS
a letter or note written to follow up on a visit; a thank you note. (Fixed order.)
• When I got back from the sales meeting, I took two days to write bread-and-butter letters to the people I met.
• I got sort of a bread-and-butter letter from my nephew, who wants to visit me next summer.
bread and water
Idiom(s): bread and waterTheme: FOOD
the most minimal meal possible; a prison meal. (Usually used in reference to being in prison or jail. Fixed order.)
• Max knew that if he got in trouble again it would be at least a year on bread and water.
• This dinner is terrible again. I would rather have bread and water! Why don’t we ever have pizza?
Breadwinner
Used to describe the person that earns the most money. For example - She's the breadwinner in the family.By a hair's breadth
If a person escapes from some danger by a hair's breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been failure was so close.Quarrel with bread and butter
Bread and butter, here, indicate the means of one’s living. (That is why we say ‘he is the bread winner of the family’). If a sub-ordinate in an organisation is quarrelsome or if he is not patient enough to bear the reprimand he deserves, gets angry and retorts or provokes the higher-up, the top man dismisses him from the job. So, he loses the job that gave him bread and butter. Hence we say, he quarrelled with bread and butter (manager or the top man) and lost his job.White-bread
If something is white-bread, it is very ordinary, safe and boring.be your bread and butter
be your main source of income: "Although they run a taxi service, car sales are their bread and butter."bread and butter|bread|butter
bread and butter1 n. phr. The usual needs of life; food, shelter, and clothing. Ed earned his bread and butter as a bookkeeper, but added a little jam by working with a dance band on weekends.bread and butter2 adj. Thanking someone for entertainment or a nice visit; thank-you. After spending the weekend as a guest in the Jones' home, Alice wrote the Joneses the usual bread-and-butter letter. See: BREAD AND BUTTER LETTER.
bread and butter3 interj., informal Spoken to prevent bad luck that you think might result from some action. We'd say "Bread and butter!" when we had passed on opposite sides of a tree.
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n. A written acknowledgment of hospitality received. Jane wrote the Browns a bread-and-butter letter when she returned home from her visit to them.half a loaf is better than none|bread|half|half a
Part of what we want or need is better than nothing.
A proverb. Albert wanted two dollars for shoveling snow from the sidewalk but the lady would only give him a dollar. And he said that half a loaf is better than none. Compare: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
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v. phr. To know who can help you and try to please him; know what is for your own gain. Dick was always polite to the boss; he knew which side his bread was buttered on.take the bread out of one's mouth|bread|mouth|take
v. phr. To take away or not give your rightful support, especially through selfish pleasure. She accused her husband of drinking and gambling taking bread out of his children's mouths.break bread
break breadHave a meal, eat. For example, It's hard to remain enemies when you've broken bread together. This term occurs in numerous places in the New Testament, where it sometimes means to share bread and other times to distribute food to others. In later usage it came to refer to the sacramental bread of Communion in Christian services. The latter survives in the spiritual hymn, “Let Us Break Bread Together.” [1300s]
know which side of one's bread is buttered
know which side of one's bread is butteredBe aware of where one's best interests lie, as in Jerry always helps out his boss; he knows which side of his bread is buttered. This expression alludes to the more favorable, or buttered, side of bread and has been used metaphorically since the early 1500s.
take the bread out of someone's mouth
take the bread out of someone's mouthDeprive someone of his or her livelihood, as in Lowering wages is taking the bread out of the workers' mouths. [c. 1700]
An bread idiom dictionary is a great resource for writers, students, and anyone looking to expand their vocabulary. It contains a list of words with similar meanings with bread, allowing users to choose the best word for their specific context.
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