Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

put butter on one's bread en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To earn money.
    • D'ye think those savages who've been putting butter on our bread are coming to trade with you or me if we are not ready to sell at a loss? 1947, Soviet Literature, page 8:
    • "Well, it won't put butter on our bread," said another. 1933, Ishbel Ross, Marriage in Gotham, page 71:
    • An author has the obligation of keeping himself alive, and it does not put any butter on his bread to get his books from the public library. 1934, America - Volume 50, page 282:
    • This situation isn't putting any butter on our bread, either. 1998, Dana Stabenow, Killing Grounds, →ISBN, page 80:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, butter, bread.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
putting butter on one's bread Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put butter on one's bread Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put butter on one's bread Tense=Past lexicographic
puts butter on one's bread Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic