Closing this shop will take the bread out of our mouths.
take the bread out of someone's mouth
idiomTo deprive someone of the means of living.
If the company moves all its production overseas, it will effectively take the bread out of the mouths of local workers.
By aggressively undercutting his competitors' prices, the merchant sought to drive them out of business and take the bread out of their families' mouths.
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a little bit of bread and no cheese
Used to represent the song of the yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).
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all mouth and no trousers
Alternative form of all mouth and trousers.
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all mouth and trousers
Superficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.
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all one's taste is in one's mouth
One lacks good taste in aesthetic or cultural matters.
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another nail in someone's coffin
An event that increases the likelihood of or causes further failure.
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answer someone's prayers
To be or do exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
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answer to someone's prayers
Exactly what someone has been wishing or asking for.
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apple of someone's eye
The object of somebody's affections; a person (or sometimes a thing) that someone strongly prefers; a favorite, a loved one.
Last updated July 12, 2026