"bread and butter" meaning in Anglais

See bread and butter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˌbɹɛd n̩ ˈbʌt.ɚ\, \ˌbɹɛd n̩ ˈbʌt.ə\ Audio: En-au-bread and butter.ogg Forms: bread-and-butter
  1. Fondamental. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-bread_and_butter-en-adj-yq2ZsyNY Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: \ˌbɹɛd n̩ ˈbʌt.ɚ\, \ˌbɹɛd n̩ ˈbʌt.ə\ Audio: En-au-bread and butter.ogg
  1. Tartine de pain beurrée. Tags: literally
    Sense id: fr-bread_and_butter-en-noun-6mJC2QH8 Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
  2. Fondamentaux. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-bread_and_butter-en-noun-cVIvHCo4 Categories (other): Métaphores en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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