know which side one's bread is buttered on (English, verb)
expansion: know which side one's bread is buttered on (third-person singular simple present knows which side one's bread is buttered on, present participle knowing which side one's bread is buttered on, simple past knew which side one's bread was buttered on or knew which side one's bread is buttered on, past participle known which side one's bread was buttered on or known which side one's bread is buttered on)
Senses:
glosses: To be aware of where one's interests lie in a situation.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: knows which side one's bread is buttered on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: knowing which side one's bread is buttered on
tags: participle
present
form: knew which side one's bread was buttered on
tags: past
form: knew which side one's bread is buttered on
tags: past
form: known which side one's bread was buttered on
tags: participle
past
form: known which side one's bread is buttered on
tags: participle
past
form: know on what side one's bread is buttered
tags: alternative
form: know on which side one's bread is buttered
tags: alternative
form: know what side one's bread is buttered on
tags: alternative
form: know what side of one's bread is buttered
tags: alternative
form: know what side of the bread is buttered
tags: alternative
form: know which side of one's bread is buttered
tags: alternative
form: know which side of the bread is buttered
tags: alternative