staff of life

Related to staff of life: Bread is the staff of life

the staff of life

Some critical necessity or basic staple. Said especially of staple foods like bread or rice. We want our employees to know that respectful discussion and debate are the staff of life around here. The widespread infection of potatoes—the staff of life in Ireland at the time—caused a nationwide famine that killed over a million people.

staff of life

A staple or necessary food, especially bread. For example, Rice is the staff of life for a majority of the earth's people. This expression, which uses staff in the sense of "a support," was first recorded in 1638.

the ˌstaff of ˈlife

(literary) a basic food, especially bread

staff of life, the

Bread; sometimes, by extension, any essential food. Understandably this term originated in the Bible (“the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread,” Isaiah 3:1). However, it was not until the eighteenth century that the staff of life was definitively identified with bread (prior to that it had often been corn, the British term for wheat). “Bread, dear brothers, is the staff of life,” wrote Jonathan Swift (A Tale of a Tub, 1704), and so it has remained.

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释义	staff of life Related to staff of life: Bread is the staff of life the staff of life Some critical necessity or basic staple. Said especially of staple foods like bread or rice. We want our employees to know that respectful discussion and debate are the staff of life around here. The widespread infection of potatoes—the staff of life in Ireland at the time—caused a nationwide famine that killed over a million people. See also: life, of, staff Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. staff of life A staple or necessary food, especially bread. For example, Rice is the staff of life for a majority of the earth's people. This expression, which uses staff in the sense of "a support," was first recorded in 1638. See also: life, of, staff The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. the ˌstaff of ˈlife (literary) a basic food, especially bread See also: life, of, staff Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary staff of life, the Bread; sometimes, by extension, any essential food. Understandably this term originated in the Bible (“the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread,” Isaiah 3:1). However, it was not until the eighteenth century that the staff of life was definitively identified with bread (prior to that it had often been corn, the British term for wheat). “Bread, dear brothers, is the staff of life,” wrote Jonathan Swift (A Tale of a Tub, 1704), and so it has remained. See also: of, staff The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: staff of life, the the staff of life stew on a shingle something on a shingle someone's bread and butter bread and butter your bread and butter a good voice to beg bacon bacon References in periodicals archive But the staff of life for the Indian now, he said, is no longer the buffalo, it is education. Learn something, teach something: the modern-day staff of life For instance, as many Asian Christians declare, "Rice"--not bread--"is life." While bread has been the staff of life for cultures in which the Judeo-Christian message began and developed, to Asians the bread of life is a foreign concept. Find truth in culture Townspeople have been growing the cactus since before the Spanish conquest The plants are a staff of life rivaled only by corn. Canned Cacti Wheat today is synonymous with bread, but before it became the stuff of the staff of life, people grew an ancient form known as einkorn. Wheat's DNA points to first farms In addition to fiction he wrote essays and plays and published two volumes of memoirs, Livets ax (1991; "The Staff of Life" or "Gleanings from Life") and Agnar (1992; "Chaff"). Delblanc, Sven (Axel Herman) Bread has been described as the 'staff of life' and is certainly a universal food. Cereals in Breadmaking, a Molecular Colloidal Approach Eggs signify creation, flour is said to be the staff of life, salt is for wholesomeness and milk symbolises purity. Marks and Spencer is selling gin and tonic lemon sauce for Pancake Day; The tangy sauce contains 4% gin And while some purists may turn their noses up at naan, chapatis, ciabatta and focaccia, I'm putting my dough on people realising there's more to the staff of life than sliced white. Fix up some fabulous focaccia The Zona family is forever grateful for the support, kindness and care provided to our mother by all the staff of Life Care Center of Auburn. Catherine C. (Powers) Zona, 91 * Each of the pancake's ingredients has special Lenten symbolism: Flour is the staff of life; milk is innocence and purity; salt is incorruptibility; and eggs symbolise creation. Did you know? Among the more unusual names were the Diana in King Street (closed 1900), the Rose and Shamrock and the Neptune in Kirkgate (1905), the Druids at Salford, Lockwood (1910), the Dog at Moldgreen (1913), the Staff of Life at Bankfield (1914), the Paragon in Westgate (1923), the Turf Inn in Ramsden Street (1930), the Dock Tavern in Dock Street (1940), Poets Corner in Chapel Hill (1944), the Olive Branch in Lindley (1949) and the Lord Nelson in Leeds Road (1953). Time please As I tear into this economical, highly nutritious, easy-to-prepare staff of life, I always am reminded that Simple Bread is simply marvelous. Simple skillet bread. (ask mother) Thank you as well to the staff of Life Care Center of Auburn for their professional and caring treatment of Fr. Rev. John F. Burke, 82 And pies; they were the staff of life. My mum made brilliant pies. Pie is squared with plain good cooking
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