bread

bread
[bred] n
no pl
1) (food) Brot nt; (type of bread) Brotsorte f;
crust of \bread Brotrinde f, Brotkruste f;
a loaf of \bread ein Brot nt; (unsliced) ein Laib m Brot;
a slice of \bread eine Scheibe Brot;
\bread and water;
(fig: diet of poverty) Brot und Wasser;
(chosen abstinence) Luft und Ideale;
to bake \bread Brot backen
2) rel Hostie f;
to break the \bread das Brot brechen
3) ((dated) sl: money) Kies m (sl), Moos f (sl), Kohle f (fam)
PHRASES:
\bread and circuses Brot und Spiele;
the \bread of life das Brot des Lebens;
for her, music was the \bread of life für sie war die Musik wie ein Lebenselixier;
to take the \bread out of sb's mouth jdm das Wasser abgraben;
to know which side one's \bread is buttered (fam) seinen Vorteil kennen;
to want one's \bread buttered on both sides (fam) das Unmögliche wollen;
the best thing since sliced \bread die beste Sache seit Menschengedenken;
he thinks his new secretary's the best thing since sliced \bread er hält seine neue Sekretärin für absolut spitze (fam)
to cast one's \bread upon the waters etw ohne eine Dankeserwartung tun;
to earn one's [daily] \bread (form) sein Brot verdienen, sich dat seine Brötchen verdienen (fam)
man/one cannot live by \bread alone (by \bread alone) der Mensch lebt nicht vom Brot allein (prov)

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