bread and butter
bread and butter
noun
noun
- [mass noun]a person's livelihood or main source of income, typically as earned by routine work
谋生之道，生计；主要的收入来源
their bread and butter is reporting local events.
他们靠报导当地新闻谋生。
[as modifier]bread-and-butter occupations.
赖以谋生的职业。
■an everyday or ordinary person or thing
平凡的人（或事）
the bread and butter of non-League soccer.
普通的业余足球运动员。
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