Word.ws English Dictionary

having one's bread buttered for life

having one's bread buttered for life is the present participle of have one's bread buttered for life.

Meaning of have one's bread buttered for life

Verb

have one's bread buttered for life (third-person singular simple present has one's bread buttered for life, present participle having one's bread buttered for life, simple past and past participle had one's bread buttered for life)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be furnished or supplied with a great amount.

Questions about having one's bread buttered for life

What is having one's bread buttered for life the present participle of?
Having one's bread buttered for life is the present participle of have one's bread buttered for life.

Words near having one's bread buttered for life in the dictionary

  1. having one foot on a banana peel
  2. having one more time
  3. having one's act together
  4. having one's ass handed to one
  5. having one's back up
  6. having one's bread buttered for life
  7. having one's cake and eating it
  8. having one's cake and eating it too
  9. having one's day in court
  10. having one's ducks in a row
  11. having one's ears lowered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: having one's bread buttered for life (page history and authors); have one's bread buttered for life (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “having one's bread buttered for life.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/having_one%27s_bread_buttered_for_life. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.