英语词组take the bread out of his mouth是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

take the bread out of (one's) mouth

To steal or deprive people of their basic means of living. Everyone loves these giant retail chains for their low prices, but few care that they take the bread out of local business owners' mouths. The new president has been contriving ways to take the bread out of our mouths day after day, and here you are defending her!

take the bread out of someone's mouth

Deprive someone of his or her livelihood, as in Lowering wages is taking the bread out of the workers' mouths. [c. 1700]

词组	take the bread out of his mouth
释义	(redirected from take the bread out of his mouth) take the bread out of (one's) mouth To steal or deprive people of their basic means of living. Everyone loves these giant retail chains for their low prices, but few care that they take the bread out of local business owners' mouths. The new president has been contriving ways to take the bread out of our mouths day after day, and here you are defending her! take the bread out of someone's mouth Deprive someone of his or her livelihood, as in Lowering wages is taking the bread out of the workers' mouths. [c. 1700]
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