BREAD-AND-BUTTER


Meaning of BREAD-AND-BUTTER in English

ˌbread-and-ˈbutter BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]

1 . British English bread-and-butter questions are very important basic ones:

bread-and-butter political issues such as jobs and housing

2 . bread-and-butter work is work that is not very exciting but provides you with most of the money that you need in order to live

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.