Idiom
bread and butter
Meaning
That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Selling coffee is the bread and butter of this small shop.”
“While the company experiments with new technology, their bread and butter remains the basic software they have sold for years.”
“Although the author enjoyed writing experimental poetry, his bread and butter was the series of detective novels that paid his monthly rent.”
Examples
simple
“Selling coffee is the bread and butter of this small shop.”
contextual
“While the company experiments with new technology, their bread and butter remains the basic software they have sold for years.”
complex
“Although the author enjoyed writing experimental poetry, his bread and butter was the series of detective novels that paid his monthly rent.”
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