the staff of life



the staff of life

  (literary)
a food such as bread that is eaten in large amounts by a lot of people Bread is the staff of life, which is why we only use the finest organic flour to make ours.
See also: life, of, staff

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Illarion-Russian
Primus-Late Roman
AloisAH-lo-ees (German)German, Czech
Seble-Eastern African, Amharic
Zawisza-Polish (Archaic)
PrudencePROO-dənts (English)English, French