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🍞美國生活用語：食物篇又來了──與麵包🥖 bread有關的諺語

還記得乳製品的英文怎麼說嗎😏 可以在文章裡面找找看喔！

1⃣ Bread is the staff of life.
2⃣ Man does not live by bread alone.
3⃣ earn one’s daily bread
4⃣ take the bread out of sb.’s mouth
5⃣ break bread

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After covering dairy products, it’s time to move on to another kind of food—bread. Bread has long been a staple of the Western diet since ancient times, so of course it has made its way into all kinds of proverbs and idioms.
聊完乳製品之後，我們來聊聊另一種食品：麵包。自古以來，麵包一直是西方飲食不可或缺的主食，所以跟麵包相關的諺語與生活用語想必也不少。

Let’s start with a proverb that has its origins in the Bible: 1⃣ Bread is the staff of life. If you’re picturing someone using a baguette as a staff to walk with, it may give you a sense of the proverb’s meaning: bread is what supports us in our lives, or provides us with sustenance. But bread here is also a symbol of all food, so the real meaning is that one must eat in order to survive. Ex: I know you’re busy, but don’t forget to eat—bread is the staff of life.
先來看一個源自《聖經》的諺語：Bread is the staff of life.（麵包是生命的拐杖。）想像一下用法國麵包當做拐杖走路的樣子，大概就能理解這句諺語的意思：麵包是支持生活的必需品，供給我們營養。不過麵包在這裡也是象徵所有食物之意，所以真正的意思是「民以食為天」。如：I know you’re busy, but don’t forget to eat—bread is the staff of life.（我知道你很忙，但別忘了吃飯啊，民以食為天。）

Another proverb with Biblical origins: 2⃣Man does not live by bread alone. Here, bread means “food and shelter.” So the proverb means that beyond their physical needs, people also need mental or spiritual sustenance. Ex: He may be wealthy, but man does not live by bread alone.
另一個諺語也是出自《聖經》：Man does not live by bread alone.（人活著不只是為了溫飽。）bread在這句話中指的是「食物與住所」。因此，這個諺語要人們超越生理需求、滋養心靈。如：He may be wealthy, but man does not live by bread alone.（他或許很富有，但是人活著不是只為了溫飽。）

Since bread is a symbol for sustenance, there are also idioms like 3⃣ “earn one’s daily bread,” which means “make a living.” Ex: The man earns his daily bread as a taxi driver. 4⃣ And “take the bread out of sb.’s mouth” means to deprive them of their means of living. Ex: Lowering wages would be taking the bread out of workers’ mouths.
因為麵包是食物的象徵，所以也有如earn one’s daily bread這樣的片語，指「維持生計」。如：The man earns his daily bread as a taxi driver.（這個男人當計程車司機維持生計。）而take the bread out of sb.’s mouth則是指「搶某人飯碗」，如：Lowering wages would be taking the bread out of workers’ mouths.（減薪對員工而言是剝奪了他們的飯碗。）

5⃣ And finally there’s “break bread.” Can you guess what it means? It means to have a meal. In the old days, a family would share a loaf of bread at each meal, and everyone would break off pieces to eat. Ex: It’s been a long time since I broke bread with Michael.
最後來看看break bread這個短語。猜猜看，這是什麼意思？答案是「吃飯」。古時候的家庭，每餐都有一條麵包分給全家人，每個人會掰一塊麵包來吃。如：It’s been a long time since I broke bread with Michael.（我已經很久沒跟麥可吃頓飯了。）

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