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take the bread out of someone's mouth

take the bread out of someone's mouth

Deprive someone of his or her livelihood, as in Lowering wages is taking the bread out of the workers' mouths. [c. 1700]
See also: bread, mouth, of, out, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nikica-Croatian, Serbian
Isa (3)-Frisian, Ancient Germanic
Loukios-Ancient Roman (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Ayodele-Western African, Yoruba
StefaniSTEF-ə-neeEnglish
Amandaə-MAN-də (English), ah-MAHN-dah (Spanish, Italian, German)English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Late Roman
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