sliced bread

collocation in English

meaningsofslicedandbread

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sliced
adjective
uk
/slaɪst/us
/slaɪst/
cut into thin, ...
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bread
noun[U]
uk
/bred/us
/bred/
a food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, mixed together ...
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(Definition ofslicedandbreadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsliced bread

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This is designed to make it clear that pre-packedslicedbreadis subject to the same statutory requirements as the ordinary whole loaf.
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Secondly, they would requireslicedbreadto be pre-packed in a range of specified sizes.
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In his view they are the best thing sinceslicedbread, but likeslicedbread, they are actually rather nasty.
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First, supermarkets sell mostly wrappedslicedbreadand pensioners do shop in supermarkets.
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Why has a proposal that would "enlarge the poverty trap" suddenly become the most wonderful thing sinceslicedbread?
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It is rather likeslicedbread.
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We do not want an advertising campaign that tries to sell this immoral tax as something that is as good asslicedbreadand in the interests of the people.
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I had to buyslicedbread.
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That being so, it is scarcely surprising that we do not regard this as the best thing sinceslicedbread.
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That was going to be clean and too cheap to meter—the best thing sinceslicedbread.
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Someone has referred to something as being the best thing sinceslicedbread.
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I think the package holiday is the best thing sinceslicedbread.
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Now that there is a shortage of younger people, the over-50s and over-60s are the best things sinceslicedbread.
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He will tell us that this is the best thing sinceslicedbread.
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The local council thought that they were the greatest thing sinceslicedbread.
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It is not true that we achieved the greatest thing sinceslicedbread.
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It is not a loaf of bread; it isslicedbreadof about 9 oz.
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That is a threat to democracy, but ideologically they think that it is the best thing sinceslicedbread.
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One will not be able to butter many parsnips with this thin list of items, and man cannot live byslicedbreadand frozen peas alone.
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I do not regard the report as the best thing sinceslicedbread.
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