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单词 know which side one's bread is buttered (on)
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know which side one's bread is buttered (on)

informal Know where one’s advantage lies: middle-class people who know which side their bread is buttered...
  • Holland is a sober-suited confidant who knows which side his bread is buttered on.
  • After all, the quiet genius with a wicked wit knows which side his bread is buttered on.
  • There are various ways of sidestepping such rules, but one of the best ones is only to brief an expert with a well-developed reputation of knowing which side his bread is buttered on.
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