Spanish: Ser El Pan De Todos Los Días

Type: Saying

Literal Meaning: That’s his daily bread.

Meaning: That’s his bread and butter, or most common source of income.

Gilberto trabaja como herrero haciendo puertas y protectores para ventanas; es su pan de todos los días. Cuando tiene tiempo vende esculturas artísticas pero esto es muy de vez en cuando. (Gilberto is an iron worker. He makes doors and security windows; that’s his bread and butter. When he has time he makes artistic sculptures, but that’s only occasionally.)