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know which side of one's bread is buttered
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Idioms and Phrases
Be aware of where one's best interests lie, as in Jerry always helps out his boss; he knows which side of his bread is buttered . This expression alludes to the more favorable, or buttered, side of bread and has been used metaphorically since the early 1500s.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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