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butter one's bread and lie in it

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter one's bread- and lie in it
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.

Humorous

Usage

Inflected Forms

butters one's bread and lies in it (present, singular) buttering one's bread and lying in it (participle, present) buttered one's bread and lay in it (past) buttered one's bread and lain in it (participle, past)

Questions

What does butter one's bread and lie in it mean?
Alternative form of make one's bed and lie in it.

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