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
Jonathan	['dʒɔnəθən]
Ture	-	Swedish
Alberto	ahl-BER-to (Italian, Spanish), al-BER-too (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Aatu	AH:-too	Finnish
Mcneil	[mək'ni:l]
FernÃO	-	Portuguese