greatest thing since sliced bread
Something amazing, outstanding or praiseworthy, especially a relatively recent…Something amazing, outstanding or praiseworthy, especially a relatively recent invention likely to improve people's lives.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Something amazing, outstanding or praiseworthy, especially a relatively recent invention likely to improve people's lives.
das Größte seit der Erfindung der Bratkartoffel
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Adapted from the advertising slogan used in 1928 by the Chillicothe Baking Company (the fiAdapted from the advertising slogan used in 1928 by the Chillicothe Baking Company (the first company to sell sliced bread), which was as follows:
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