(your) bread and butter
This page is about the idiom (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.
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Contributor: Matt Errey