bread and butter
1 slices of bread spread with butter 抹黄油的面包片.
2 (infml 口) (way of earning) one´s living 生活; 生计; 谋生之道
Acting is his bread and butter. 演戏就是他的饭碗.
How does he earn his bread and butter? 他怎样谋生?
[attrib 作定语]
Jobs, pensions and housing are the bread-and-butter issues of politics, ie the basic ones. 就业、养老金和住房问题是和政治有关的基本问题.
3 (idm 习语) a bread-and-`butter letter letter thanking a host or hostess for hospitality 感谢款待的信.