- your bread and butter
- (your) bread and butter
something that provides you with regular income.
Our customers are our bread and butter, so treat them with respect.
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your bread and butter
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bread and butter — ˌbread and ˈbutter noun [singular] if something is your bread and butter, it is the thing that gives you your main income: • The paper s bread and butter is reporting local events in a small community . * * * bread and butter UK US noun [U]… … Financial and business terms
bread and butter — (your) bread and butter something that provides you with regular income. Our customers are our bread and butter, so treat them with respect … New idioms dictionary
bread and butter — noun uncount INFORMAL something that provides your main income: Tourism is the island s bread and butter … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bread-and-butter — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: bread and butter 1. now chiefly Britain : adolescent : marked by the weakness, naïveté, or forcelessness of a juvenile : schoolgirlish 2. a … Useful english dictionary
bread and butter — UK / US noun [uncountable] informal something that provides your main income Tourism is the island s bread and butter … English dictionary
bread — W3S2 [bred] n [U] [: Old English;] 1.) a type of food made from flour and water that is mixed together and then baked ▪ Would you like some bread with your soup? ▪ the smell of fresh bread ▪ a loaf of bread ▪ Could you cut me a slice of bread… … Dictionary of contemporary English
bread — [ bred ] noun uncount *** 1. ) a common food made from flour, water, and usually YEAST (=a substance that makes the bread grow larger). Bread is usually sold in a large piece called a loaf or made into smaller pieces called rolls. You usually cut … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bread — /bred/ noun (U) 1 a common important food made from flour, water, and yeast: Would you like some bread with your soup? | a loaf of bread (=a large piece of bread that you buy and cut into pieces) | a slice of bread (=a thin piece of bread that… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bread — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ hard, mouldy/moldy, soggy, stale ▪ This bread is going stale. ▪ crusty … Collocations dictionary
bread — [[t]bre̱d[/t]] ♦♦♦ breads, breading, breaded 1) N MASS Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast. to know what side your bread is buttered on → see butter ...a loaf of bread. ...bread and butter... There is more fibre in… … English dictionary
