Synonyms for bread and butter
bread and but·ter

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1. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenancenoun

   the financial means whereby one lives

   "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

   Synonyms:
   support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, sustainment, backing, funding, nutrition, nutriment, financial support, keep, accompaniment, alimentation, reenforcement, victuals, life, hold, dungeon, musical accompaniment, maintenance, aliment, sustenance, animation, donjon, sustentation, living, upkeep, financial backing, documentation, nourishment, livelihood, aliveness

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1. Mark Sargent:

   Most of our ire is pointed towards NASA. That's our bread and butter.

2. Miguel de Cervantes:

   I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.

3. Joseph Ledinh:

   In the beginning, you think you’re going to be designing the coolest car, but I got put on the Honda Accord, working on that project, however, I understood it’s their bread and butter. You can’t design a product so outrageous that only five people buy it. You need 5,000 -- or 500,000.

4. Scott Remer:

   One thing theyre probably going to want to do is start to branch out from the traditional, mainstay, bread-and-butter words that theyve been asking.

5. Terry Reilly:

   China basically in some respects is an exporter's bread and butter.