know which side of one's bread is buttered
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
62
Scrabble Score
34
Letters
3
Syllables
16
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The crowd that turned out to welcome Schmitz shows that every one of them knew which side of his bread is buttered and who furnishes their butter."
- "Most of you have no doubt heard a person described as “not knowing which side of his bread is buttered.” Well, I’m sorry to say that there are some of that species running around loose in our corridors. They don’t take advantage of the opportunity offered them in the finest education found anywhere in the world."
- "Crenshaw forged a personality based on staying in the middle, and always with an exit strategy. It is said that his secret agenda is to run for Mayor, but he also knew which side of his bread is buttered."
Inflected Forms
knows which side of one's bread is buttered (present, singular)
knowing which side of one's bread is buttered (participle, present)
knew which side of one's bread was buttered (past)
knew which side of one's bread is buttered (past)
known which side of one's bread was buttered (participle, past)
known which side of one's bread is buttered (participle, past)