bread-and-butter

التعريفات والمعاني

== English == === Etymology === Reflecting that bread and butter are archetypally basic foodstuffs (daily necessities) in the places where the English language developed; compare daily bread, put bread on the table, earn one's bread, bread and water (as prisoners' diet or poverty diet), and know which side one's bread is buttered on. === Adjective === bread-and-butter (comparative more bread-and-butter, superlative most bread-and-butter) Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread,‎ and,‎ butter. === Interjection === bread-and-butter (archaic) A general saying used to ward off bad luck (archaic) A saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a tree === Related terms ===

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