butter one's bread on both sides (English, verb)
expansion: butter one's bread on both sides (third-person singular simple present butters one's bread on both sides, present participle buttering one's bread on both sides, simple past and past participle buttered one's bread on both sides)
Senses:
glosses: To profit from two things at the same time, especially when those things seem contradictory or incompatible.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: butters one's bread on both sides
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buttering one's bread on both sides
tags: participle
present
form: buttered one's bread on both sides
tags: participle
past
form: buttered one's bread on both sides
tags: past