DAILY VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES (sliced bread) and links related to sliced bread for learning English

• sliced bread [uncountable]
• 1 bread that is sold already cut into slices
• 2
•  the best/greatest thing since sliced bread
• informal used humorously to say that something new is very helpful, useful etc:
• He reckons his new mobile phone is the best thing since sliced bread.

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

IDIOM AND SAYING RELATED TO BREAD:

1.-(your) bread and butter

Meaning: Your bread and butter is your livelihood or the source of your income.

For example:

• Bartending is my bread and butter at the moment, but I'm trying to get into acting.
• The conditions are bad, but this work is their bread and butter so make sure the workers have other jobs before you close down the factory.

Quick Quiz:

This job is my bread and butter, so

I don't really need it I don't get paid for it I can't afford to lose it 2.-Man does not live by bread alone Meaning: This proverb suggests that people have a spiritual side as well as a physical side. We need to take care of our spirit as much as our body. Origin: This saying is based on a verse in the Bible (Deuteronomy 8:3). Quick Quiz: If someone says to you "man does not live by bread alone", the chances are that he is hungry religious a baker SOURCE OF BOTH IDIOMS: www.englishclub.com  Click for answer b.

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