staff of life
Bread, symbolically speaking
Staff of life is an expression for bread or other staple food essential to survival.
The phrase treats basic sustenance as a support one leans on—bread as the staff that holds life upright.
Bread has been called the staff of life for millennia.
The expression is formal or literary, rarely appearing in casual speech.
- daily breadEssential means of living
- breaking breadSharing food communally
- loafBaked bread shape
- staple foodPrimary dietary component
- mannaMiraculous sustenance from heaven
flour · wheat flour · bread · fresh baked · sustenance · challah · baked goods · unleavened bread · grain · pane · whole grain · bread and butter · pain · yeast · starches · wheat · sourdough · knead
necessity vs. luxury
staff of lifehaute cuisine
Elevated culinary artistry
caviar · foie gras · truffles · delicacies · gourmet food
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