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the best/greatest thing since sliced bread (humorous)

if someone or something is described as the best thing since sliced bread, people think they are extremely good, often better than they really are. Portable phones are marketed as the best thing since sliced bread, but to me they're just another expensive gadget. The way he goes on about her - you'd think she was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

See also: best, great, since, slice, thing

someone's bread and butter (informal)

a job or activity that provides you with the money you need to live. Teaching at the local college is his bread and butter.

See also: butter

bread and butter

a bread and butter subject or problem is about things that people need in order to live, such as money and jobs. Unemployment and taxes are the bread and butter issues of this campaign.

See also: butter

bread and circuses

activities that are intended to keep people happy so that they do not complain about problems. Tax cuts are just bread and circuses designed to distract attention from the underlying economic crisis.

See also: circus

know which side your bread is buttered (on)

to be careful not to upset people who you know can help you. Ollie won't refuse to come with us. He knows which side his bread is buttered.

See also: butter, know, side

Man cannot live by bread alone.

something that you say which means people need things such as art, music and poetry as well as food, in order to live a happy life. Our cultural heritage is important. Man cannot live by bread alone.

See also: alone, live, man

white-bread (American)

white-bread people or things are ordinary and boring, and often those that are typical of white, American people. It's a movie about middle America - white-bread characters living white-bread lives. (always before noun)

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your bread and butter

something that provides you with regular income. Our customers are our bread and butter, so treat them with respect.

See also: butter

break bread (with someone)

to eat. There were several chances for politicians and celebrities to meet and break bread with each other.

See also: break

the greatest thing since sliced bread

wonderful. My kids think their new puppy is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

See also: great, since, slice, thing