Bread and butter

Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 6
Meaning

Means of livelihood

हिंदी अर्थ

रोज़ी-रोटी

Example sentences

Teaching is Radhika's bread and butter, and she loves every class.

For many farmers, the wheat harvest is their bread and butter.

Daily use: Radhika ke liye bachchon ko padhana hi uski bread and butter hai.

Memory trick · Prashant Sir

अंग्रेज़ों के घर में bread and butter रोज़ का खाना है, जैसे हमारे यहाँ रोटी। जो हिंदी में रोज़ी-रोटी है, वही English में bread and butter है: means of livelihood।

Bread and butter is everyday food in English homes, just as roti is ours. What we call 'roti-rozi' (daily bread) in Hindi is 'bread and butter' in English: the means of livelihood.

Exam note

Idiom के रूप में meaning 'means of livelihood' पूछा जाता है। Noun Concept: जब bread and butter एक dish या एक idea हो, तो singular verb लेता है — 'Bread and butter is my breakfast.'

As an idiom it is asked as 'means of livelihood'. Noun Concept: when 'bread and butter' means one dish or one idea, it takes a singular verb, as in 'Bread and butter is my breakfast'.

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