Idiom
butter one's bread on both sides
Meaning
To profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tries to butter his bread on both sides by working for two rivals.”
“She keeps her job at the bank while running a secret startup, effectively buttering her bread on both sides.”
“The politician attempted to butter his bread on both sides by courting the radical activists while simultaneously securing funding from the corporate elite.”
Examples
simple
“He tries to butter his bread on both sides by working for two rivals.”
contextual
“She keeps her job at the bank while running a secret startup, effectively buttering her bread on both sides.”
complex
“The politician attempted to butter his bread on both sides by courting the radical activists while simultaneously securing funding from the corporate elite.”
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