Idiom
bread of life
Meaning
Anything which is regarded as a source or inspiration of spiritual nourishment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“For many people, music is the bread of life.”
“She finds comfort in her faith, which she considers the bread of life during difficult times.”
“The poet described his connection to nature as the bread of life, sustaining his spirit through years of solitude.”
Examples
simple
“For many people, music is the bread of life.”
contextual
“She finds comfort in her faith, which she considers the bread of life during difficult times.”
complex
“The poet described his connection to nature as the bread of life, sustaining his spirit through years of solitude.”
Origin
From the biblical Bread of Life Discourse.
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