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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—Q

Quarrel with your Bread and Butter

(To). To act contrary to your best interest; to snarl at that which procures your living, like a spoilt child, who shows its ill-temper by throwing its bread and butter to the ground. To cut off your nose to be avenged on your face.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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