| 单词 | to know which side one's bread is buttered |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto know (also understand, etc.) (on) which side one's bread is buttered a. to know (also understand, etc.) (on) which side one's bread is buttered: to know where one's advantage lies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > be or become familiar with [phrase] > know what is beneficial to know (also understand, etc.) (on) which side one's bread is buttered1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. Kv I knowe on whiche syde my breade is buttred. 1757 Crab Tree 31 May Perhaps they would know their own happiness, or (as a blunt member of the ground floor said) on which side their bread was buttered. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies vii. 289 He..understood so well which side his bread was buttered, and which way the cat jumped. 1987 C. Reid Joyriders ii. i, in Plays: One (1997) 144 You don't know what side yer bread's buttered on. You got a free holiday, an' all ye ever done was complain about it. 2018 i (Nexis) 6 Mar. 41 Politicians know which side their bread is buttered. < as lemmas |
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