daily bread
All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical lifeAll those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.
» How will you earn your daily bread?
Как вы зарабатываете себе на хлеб?
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.
to earn one's daily bread
täglich Brot
хлеб насу́щныйxleb nasúščnyj, пропита́ниеpropitánije
(broadly, uncountable)All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life.
Examples
8 sentencesHow will you earn your daily bread?
ruКак вы зарабатываете себе на хлеб?
How did he earn his daily bread?
Give us this day our daily bread.
ruХлеб наш насущный дай нам на сей день.
deUnser tägliches Brot gib uns heute.
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
She plays every day, music is her daily bread.
Translations
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Origin
Possibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King JaPossibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King James Version: “Give us this day our daily bread” (see Matthew 6:11, and compare Luke 11:3).
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