What does 'Best thing since sliced bread' mean?
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If something is the best thing since sliced bread, it is excellent. ('The greatest thing since sliced bread' is also used.)
- Category: Food
Idioms similar to 'Best thing since sliced bread'
- There's no such thing as a free lunch
- White-bread
- Bread and butter
- Bread and circuses
- Half a loaf is better than no bread
- Quarrel with bread and butter
- Know which side one's bread is buttered on
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