butter Идиома
bread and butter
butter fingers
butter someone up
butter up
butter wouldn't melt in his mouth
butterflies in one
don't know which side your bread is buttered on
know which side your bread is buttered on
butter
2. good; really nice; phat; attractive; or great:"That shot was buttah"
3. see also
butter and egg man
buttery
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.
look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
Idiom(s): look as if butter wouldn't melt in one's mouthTheme: COLDNESS
to appear to be cold and unfeeling (despite any information to the contrary).
• Sally looks as if butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. She can be so cruel.
• What a sour face. He looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
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.
give one butterflies in one's stomach
Idiom(s): give one butterflies in one's stomachTheme: ANXIETY
to cause someone to have a nervous stomach.
• Tests give me butterflies in my stomach.
• It was not frightening enough to give me butterflies in my stomach, but it made me a little apprehensive.
get butterflies in one's stomach
Idiom(s): get butterflies in one's stomachTheme: ANXIETY
to get a nervous feeling in one's stomach.
• Whenever I have to go on stage, I get butterflies in my stomach.
• She always has butterflies in her stomach before a test.
butter sb up
Idiom(s): butter sb upTheme: FLATTERY
to flatter someone.
• I believe my landlady prefers for me to butter her up rather than getting the rent on time.
• If I butter up the landlady, she allows me to be a few days late.
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.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
No amount of talking can replace action.Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth
If someone looks as if butter wouldn't melt in their mouth, they look very innocent.Butterfingers
Someone who has butterfingers is clumsy and drops things.Butterflies in your stomach
The nervous feeling before something important or stressful is known as butterflies in your stomach.Fine words butter no parsnips
This idiom means that it's easy to talk, but talk is not action.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.a social butterfly
a person with lots of friends and acquaintances: She's a bit of a social butterfly."be your bread and butter
be your main source of income: "Although they run a taxi service, car sales are their bread and butter."like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth
appear innocent: "When I asked her about the missing money, she tried to look like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth."have butterflies in your stomach
be very nervous about something: "She's got butterflies in her stomach - it's her driving test today."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.butter up|butter
v., informal To try to get the favor or friendship of (a person) by flattery or pleasantness. He began to butter up the boss in hope of being given a better job.Compare: POLISH THE APPLE.
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informal You act very polite and friendly but do not really care, you are very nice to people but are not sincere. The new secretary was rude to the other workers, but when she talked to the boss, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.butterflies in one's stomach|butterflies|butterfly
n. phr. A queer feeling in the stomach caused by nervous fear or uncertainty; a feeling of fear or anxiety in the stomach. When Bob walked into the factory office to ask for a job, he had butterflies in his stomach.know which side one's bread is buttered on|bread|b
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.butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth
butter wouldn't melt in one's mouthBe overly coy or demure; be insincere. For example, She looked quite innocent, as though butter wouldn't melt in her mouth, but we knew better. Already a proverb in John Heywood's collection of 1546, this metaphoric expression alleges that one is literally so cool that butter inside the mouth would not melt.
butterflies in one's stomach
butterflies in one's stomachFluttering sensations caused by a feeling of nervous anticipation. For example, I always get butterflies in my stomach before making a speech. This term likens a nervous feeling to that resulting from swallowing live butterflies that fly about inside one. [c. 1900]
butterfly
butterflybutterflies (in one's stomach)
an uneasy feeling, as in the abdomen, caused esp. by nervous anticipation
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.
look as if butter wouldn't melt
look as if butter wouldn't meltsee butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth.
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