to indicate what a person earns or earns for
the reason for someone to make money
someone’s livelihood.
often used as a synonym for the earnings of a person
The person depends on you for his bread and butter, how can you be so thoughtless?
I am counting on this job for my bread and butter.
His bread and butter come entirely from the pension amount.
You have to earn your own bread and butter.
One does almost anything to earn their bread and butter in this cold-hearted world.
How will you earn your bread and butter if you are never going to be serious about taking a job?
Teaching classic music to young boys and girls is her bread and butter.
There is no origin for this idiom
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