staff of life

A staple or necessary food, especially bread. For example, Rice is the staff of life for a majority of the earth's people. This expression, which uses staff in the sense of "a support," was first recorded in 1638.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kobina	-	Western African, Akan
Femke	FEM-kə (Dutch)	Dutch, Frisian
Ahava	-	Hebrew
Marcus	MAR-kuws (Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin), MAHR-kəs (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Quintella	-	English (Rare)
Gianfranco	jahn-FRAHN-ko	Italian