(Your) Bread and Butter @engchoice Meaning: Your bread and bu | English Choice

(Your) Bread and Butter @engchoice

Meaning:
Your bread and butter is your livelihood or the source of your income

For example:
• Bartending is my bread and butter at the moment, but I'm trying to get into acting.

• The conditions are bad, but this work is their bread and butter so make sure the workers have other jobs before you close down the factory.