best thing since sliced bread
Highly praised innovation
Best thing since sliced bread describes something remarkably good, useful, or innovative—often used with mild irony or exaggeration: He thinks he's the best thing since sliced bread.
The phrase treats the pre-sliced loaf (introduced in 1928) as a benchmark of convenience, against which new inventions or people are measured.
- all thatSlang for impressive
- bee's kneesFlapper-era term for excellence
- cat's meowSlang for outstanding
- all the rageExtremely popular currently
- marvelAstonishing thing or feeling
hot new thing · innovation · miracle · phenomenon · cream of the crop · game-changer · breakthrough · cutting edge · wonder · light bulb · unparalleled · smartphone · hyped · internet · printing press · overrated · too good to be true · ingenious
best thing since sliced breadtotal disaster
dumpster fire · train wreck · bomb · disaster · epic fail
best thing since sliced breadEdsel
Failed 1950s automobile
New Coke · solution in search of a problem · dead on arrival · white elephant · boondoggle
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