英语词组bread and butter是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

bread and butter

1. noun A vital component of something. Bread and butter, as foodstuffs, are considered basic forms of sustenance. A flourishing stock market is the bread and butter of a successful country.

2. noun A job or task that provides one with a steady income. I'm an artist on the weekends, but being a tutor is my bread and butter.

3. adjective Providing financial stability. The phrase can be hyphenated when used as an adjective. I love any writing assignment where I can be creative, but I always make sure to pick up some bread-and-butter gigs to pay the bills.

4. adjective Typical or common. The phrase can be hyphenated when used as an adjective. My sister worries about everything, even the bread-and-butter tasks of everyday life.

someone's bread and butter

Fig. someone's basic 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 worked as a bartender for a year, and it was the tips that were my bread and butter.

bread and butter

1. The essential, sustaining element, as in The quality of the schools is the bread and butter of town property values. This idiom alludes to a basic food, bread spread with butter. [c. 1700]

2. Means of livelihood, as in John's job is the family's bread and butter. [First half of 1700s]

3. Ordinary, routine, as in Don't worry about it; this is just a bread and butter assignment. [Second half of 1800s]

bread and butter

COMMON

1. If something is your bread and butter, it is your most important or only source of income. `Who's your audience?' — `We play maybe a hundred colleges a year. That is our bread and butter.' I think I'm more controlled at work. I have to be; it's my bread and butter. Note: Your bread-and-butter business is the part of your business which produces the main part of your income. It's not exactly thrilling but it's good bread-and-butter work all the same.

2. The bread and butter of a situation or activity is its most basic or important aspects. It's the bread and butter of police work, checking if anybody had seen anything suspicious. Note: You can also talk about bread-and-butter issues or aspects of something. On major bread-and-butter issues, there's little difference between the candidates.

someone's bread and butter

someone's livelihood; routine work to provide an income.

1998 Times It is not that the smaller deal has disappeared—they remain the bread and butter of this industry.

your ˌbread and ˈbutter

the work that somebody does which provides them with enough money to live: He’s written one or two novels but journalism is his bread and butter.

bread and butter

n. one’s livelihood. It’s bread and butter to me. I have to do it.

词组	bread and butter
释义	Idiom bread and butter Theme: EMPLOYMENT [a person's] livelihood or income. (Referring to food. Fixed order.) Selling cars is a lot of hard work, but it's my bread and butter.It was hard to give up my bread and butter, but I felt it was time to retire. Slang bread and butter Theme: EMPLOYMENT n. one's livelihood. It's bread and butter to me. I have to do it.I can't give it up. It's my bread and butter. Idiom bread and butter(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. bread and butter noun 1 a livelihood, the means of living; a basic, motivating interest UK, 1837. 2 used by bookmakers to describe bets by inexperienced, unskilled bettors AUSTRALIA, 1989. 3 a crazy person. Rhyming slang for NUTTER UK, 1992 bread and butter 1. noun A vital component of something. Bread and butter, as foodstuffs, are considered basic forms of sustenance. A flourishing stock market is the bread and butter of a successful country. 2. noun A job or task that provides one with a steady income. I'm an artist on the weekends, but being a tutor is my bread and butter. 3. adjective Providing financial stability. The phrase can be hyphenated when used as an adjective. I love any writing assignment where I can be creative, but I always make sure to pick up some bread-and-butter gigs to pay the bills. 4. adjective Typical or common. The phrase can be hyphenated when used as an adjective. My sister worries about everything, even the bread-and-butter tasks of everyday life. someone's bread and butter Fig. someone's basic 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 worked as a bartender for a year, and it was the tips that were my bread and butter. bread and butter 1. The essential, sustaining element, as in The quality of the schools is the bread and butter of town property values. This idiom alludes to a basic food, bread spread with butter. [c. 1700] 2. Means of livelihood, as in John's job is the family's bread and butter. [First half of 1700s] 3. Ordinary, routine, as in Don't worry about it; this is just a bread and butter assignment. [Second half of 1800s] bread and butter COMMON 1. If something is your bread and butter, it is your most important or only source of income. `Who's your audience?' — `We play maybe a hundred colleges a year. That is our bread and butter.' I think I'm more controlled at work. I have to be; it's my bread and butter. Note: Your bread-and-butter business is the part of your business which produces the main part of your income. It's not exactly thrilling but it's good bread-and-butter work all the same. 2. The bread and butter of a situation or activity is its most basic or important aspects. It's the bread and butter of police work, checking if anybody had seen anything suspicious. Note: You can also talk about bread-and-butter issues or aspects of something. On major bread-and-butter issues, there's little difference between the candidates. someone's bread and butter someone's livelihood; routine work to provide an income. 1998 Times It is not that the smaller deal has disappeared—they remain the bread and butter of this industry. your ˌbread and ˈbutter the work that somebody does which provides them with enough money to live: He’s written one or two novels but journalism is his bread and butter. bread and butter n. one’s livelihood. It’s bread and butter to me. I have to do it.
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