also stock in trade
If you say that something is someone’s stock-in-trade , you mean that it is a usual part of their behaviour or work.
Patriotism is every politician’s stock-in-trade...
= staple
N-SING : with poss
also stock in trade
If you say that something is someone’s stock-in-trade , you mean that it is a usual part of their behaviour or work.
Patriotism is every politician’s stock-in-trade...
= staple
N-SING : with poss
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006