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Sep 25, 2014 · Bread and butter can be singular or plural, depending on context. In British English and various European languages (i.e. German Butterbrot, Russian Бутерброд), "bread and butter" is a set phrase meaning "an open-face sandwich".
May 10, 2018 · My English teacher said that "bread-and-butter" was a slice of bread spread with butter and "bread and butter" was just bread and butter literally and the pronunciation of the former was interlinked but the pronunciation of the latter was not interlinked. After the class I lookd up the words in a dictionary. the meanings in a dictionary was so ...
When I type " [singular noun] and [singular noun]" in Word 2010, I find some interesting things. Bread and butter is essential. (the auto-correction warns me of subject-verb disagreement.) Bread and butter are essential. (OK) A knife and fork is on the table. (OK) A knife and fork are on the table. (OK) The needle and thread is new. (OK) The needle and thread are new. (OK) Cost and revenue is directly linked. (OK) Cost and revenue are directly linked. (OK) I wonder how a native speaker would ...
If the examiner asks me about a particular subject, for example mobile development, would it be too informal to say "it's my bread and butter"? If yes, then could you please suggest to me a word for that?
Jan 8, 2014 · Boy gives girl a kiss on the cheek. They approach a lamp post. For a moment, it looks as if they will pass it on opposite sides, but boy grabs girl's hand and pulls her around to his side of the post, to avoid getting 'bad luck.' Boy says, "Bread and butter!" What does 'bread and butter' mean in this situation?
Apr 26, 2019 · Note that bread always lands buttered side down. So if you drop a piece that is buttered on both sides, it never hits the floor but just just spins slowly inches above it. The same affect can be observed if you strap the buttered bread face up to the back of a cat (which, famously, always land feet first).
Dec 8, 2013 · Conversation close to me then turned to the English expression 'Fine words butter no parsnips'. It seems rather odd in English, because by tradition the English tend to use gravy with their vegetables. That is until one appreciates that the expression exists in French 'Mots doux ne beurrent aucun panais'. Now French cooks, I can well imagine ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Until relatively recently with the advent of refrigeration, butter was soft, so there's not going to be a word that goes back through the centuries referring specifically and narrowly to the scraping action with the knife that you describe, though the verb might do: He broke into the empty house and went back to the kitchen. He reached into the fridge and took out a tub of butter, setting it on the kitchen counter. He put a slice of bread in the toaster. When the bread popped up, he skimmed ...
Apr 20, 2020 · The noun bread is "countable" in contexts like I like "speciality" breads, such as ciabatta and focaccia. And some of us say things like I got a couple of French breads for the barbecue where others would say sticks of French bread. But it's "uncountable" in contexts like Bread is the primary carbohydrate foodstuff for many people. I don't think it's meaningful to ask why English differs from Persian in this respect. They're just different languages.
Jun 19, 2023 · I don't think the origin of ‘butter someone up’ is plainly related to ‘sex’. According to TheIdioms, butter someone up has been derived directly from ‘the act of buttering (spreading butter on) a toast of bread to make it softer and tastier so that the person eating it gets more satisfaction from it’.
