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butter one's bread on both sides

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
but-ter one's bread- on both- -sides
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.

Inflected Forms

butters one's bread on both sides (present, singular) buttering one's bread on both sides (participle, present) buttered one's bread on both sides (participle, past) buttered one's bread on both sides (past)

Phrases

best of both worlds double-dip have one's bread buttered on both sides have one's cake and eat it too know which side one's bread is buttered on

Frequently Paired Words

best of both worlds double-dip have one's bread buttered on both sides have one's cake and eat it too know which side one's bread is buttered on

Questions

What does butter one's bread on both sides mean?
To profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.

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