one's bread and butter
01
the main source of a person or business's income
Idiom
Exempel
At the moment, freelancing is her bread and butter while she explores other career options.
Once she establishes her bakery, she hopes it will become her bread and butter for the rest of her life.
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.
