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The idiom "quarrel with bread and butter" refers to a conflict that jeopardizes one’s livelihood or essential means of support. Its origin is often linked to the idea that bread and butter are fundamental staples in a diet, symbolizing basic sustenance. Thus, to quarrel with something that provides for one's needs is seen as unwise or self-destructive. The phrase emphasizes the importance of maintaining harmonious relationships in contexts that are vital for one's well-being.
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Where did the idiom bread and butter originate from?
That would depend on which way it is being used. There are two ways to use Bread and Butter. The most common way is to use it as an idiom for one's livelihood. That company is your family's Bread and Butter. This simply alludes to the fact that without a means to make a living you can't eat. The second way is the superstitious idea that if something comes between a couple while they are walking one of them says, Bread and Butter. Alluding to the impossible task of separating butter once it has been applied to bread. By saying Bread and Butter it means nothing can come between them. These are common themes and likely started simultaneously in different places.
What did Jimmy mean when he said Bud better be careful with his instrument because that was his bread and butter in there in Bud Not Buddy?
Bread and butter is an idiom referring to one's ability to earn a living. So if someone plays an instrument professionally, or will do so, then their instrument is their means to earn income.
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Nothing. Do you perhaps mean "how much bread?" -- because bread is slang for money. It's slang and not an idiom.
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Origin "up a storm"
What is the origin of make a big splash idiom?
No
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Palestinian and Persian
The origin of the idiom foam at the mouth?
affrica (iraq
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