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whatever butters your bread

whatever butters your bread phrase: synonym of whatever floats your boat.

Phrase

whatever butters your bread

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of whatever floats your boat.
    • They were very nice people actually, in their own way, they just had very focused views on the benefits of pain over pleasure, and yeah, whatever, each to their own, whatever butters your bread, you know, I don’t really care as long as they are happy.2004, Bradley Trevor Greive, quotee, “‘Die first, quit later’”, in Kate Bezar, editor, Dumbo feather, pass it on., number 2, Sydney, N.S.W.: Bezar Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26
    • Captain Love collects the jinetes names and then, like a smart man, or a coward, whatever butters your bread, departs.2004, Humberto Garza, “Misinformation on Murrieta Orozco, ‘El Patrio’”, in Joaquín: Demystifying the Murrieta Legend, San Jose, Calif.: Sun House, →ISBN, page 58

Examples of whatever butters your bread in a sentence

  • “As I said before – whatever butters your bread.”2015, Lauren Cecile, chapter 40, in Eyes Like Mine, North Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, →ISBN, page 184:
  • Whatever butters your bread, or floats your boat, or whatever.”2016, T[ammy] L[ynn] Garrison, chapter 16, in The Twisted Blackmailer (Watson & Holmes; 1), London: MX Publishing, →ISBN, pages 197–198:

Synonyms of whatever butters your bread

Questions about whatever butters your bread

What does whatever butters your bread mean?
Whatever butters your bread means synonym of whatever floats your boat.
How do you use whatever butters your bread in a sentence?
“As I said before – whatever butters your bread.”
What part of speech is whatever butters your bread?
Whatever butters your bread is a phrase.

Words near whatever butters your bread in the dictionary

  1. whatev
  2. whatevah
  3. whatever
  4. whatever butters your biscuit
  5. whatever butters your biscuits
  6. whatever butters your bread
  7. whatever butters your muffin
  8. whatever butters your toast
  9. whatever creams your twinkie
  10. whatever floats your boat
  11. whatever happens, happens

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