bread

bread idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with bread, also see break bread; greatest thing since sliced bread; know which side of bread is buttered; take the bread out of someone's mouth.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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