bread and butter片语

生计、饭碗、主要收入来源

Teaching private lessons is her bread and butter these days.

教私人课程是她现在的主要收入来源。

涂奶油的面包、牛油面包

She served soup with a plate of bread and butter.

她端上汤，还配了一盘涂奶油的面包。

赖以维生的、主要业务的

Small repairs are the shop's bread-and-butter work.

小修小补是这家店赖以维生的业务。

基本的、日常的、平实的

The meeting focused on bread-and-butter issues like wages and housing.

会议聚焦于工资和住房这类切身的基本问题。