A snack in the garden - bread, butter, cheese, wine - and a hungry looking cat
今日小常識(shí)
Bread and butter pudding is a very traditional, simple British recipe. Its basic ingredients are sugar, cinnamon, butter, bread, sultanas, milk and eggs.
面包和黃油布丁 bread and butter pudding 是一個(gè)非常傳統(tǒng)但做法簡(jiǎn)單的英式甜點(diǎn)。原料包括糖、桂皮、黃油、面包、葡萄干、牛奶和雞蛋。
今日短語(yǔ)
Bread and butter 這個(gè)組合除了有面包黃油的意思外,我們可以用它來(lái)指某人的謀生之道,生計(jì)或主要收入來(lái)源。
例句
You can't ask your neighbour to fix your car for free. He's a mechanic and fixing cars is his bread and butter.
Mary was very helpful to her clients. She knew they were her bread and butter.
請(qǐng)注意
另一個(gè)含有 butter 的短語(yǔ)是 to butter up, 意思是拍人馬屁。
例句
Fred was new to the company but he didn't waste time before buttering up the boss.