"greatest thing since sliced bread" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈɡɹeɪ.tɪst θɪŋ sɪns ˈslaist bɹɛd\ Audio: En-au-greatest thing since sliced bread.ogg Forms: best thing since sliced bread, best thing since sliced pan
  1. Invention remarquable, le fil à couper le beurre. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-greatest_thing_since_sliced_bread-en-noun-KCUoqttY Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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