put butter on one's bread

Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)To earnmoney.1933, Ishbel Ross,Marriage in Gotham, page71:"Well, it won'tput butter on our bread," said another.1934,America - Volume 50, page282:An author has the obligation of keeping himself alive, and it does notput any butter on his breadto get his books from the public library.1947,Soviet Literature, page 8:D'ye think those savages who've beenputting butter on our breadare coming to trade with you or me if we are not ready to sell at a loss?1998, Dana Stabenow,Killing Grounds,→ISBN, page80:This situation isn'tputting any butter on our bread, either.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeput,‎butter,‎bread.

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