[Idiom] the upside of buttered bread
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Sounds as if it means 'something very good', but it's not an idiom I've met.
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Same here. I've never seen it before, but it sure sounds like a very good thing.
Do you use the idiom "the best thing since sliced bread"? If so, I guess that buttered bread is even better than sliced bread.
Do you use the idiom "the best thing since sliced bread"? If so, I guess that buttered bread is even better than sliced bread.
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It could be that the speaker was making up his own expression.
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Yes, we do Barb - though it found its way into the UK quite recently - probably in the last 20 yrs.
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