pain quotidien
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ̃ kɔ.ti.djɛ̃/
Noun
pain quotidien m (uncountable)
- daily bread (all those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life)
- (figuratively) something which is part of someone's everyday life, something one does, goes through or encounters every day
- La médisance est son pain quotidien. ― He lives for gossip.
- Tel est notre pain quotidien. ― It's all part of life's rich pageant.
See also
- gagne-pain