bread and butter

Bedeutung

the work that brings in most of your income

Arbeit, die den Großteil des Einkommens bringt.

Beispiele

1. 1Weddings are the bread and butter of our photography business.
2. 2Teaching evening classes isn't exciting, but it's my bread and butter.
3. 3Small repairs are our bread and butter; the big jobs only come a few times a year.
4. 4School uniforms are the bread and butter of the shop, even though it sells toys too.
5. 5Does tutoring pay the bills, or is translation still your bread and butter?

Grammatik

Nicht zählbar. Meist nach my, our oder the ... of; vor einem Nomen wird es bread-and-butter geschrieben.

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