one's bread and butter
01
the main source of a person or business's income
Idiom
Exempel
When he was younger, acting was his bread and butter, and it provided for all his needs.
bread-and-butter
01
grundläggande, väsentlig
*** providing a basic means of subsistence
Exempel
a bread-and-butter job
ett grundläggande jobb
02
vardaglig, grundläggande
*** relating to people's practical, everyday needs and concerns
Exempel
These are hardly the bread-and-butter concerns of struggling farmers.
Det här är knappast de grundläggande bekymren för de kämpande bönderna.
