phrase🎓 English idiom
the best thing since sliced bread
a wonderful new invention
What it means
A wonderful new invention, product, or idea that is regarded as a great improvement on what came before. It's often used with light humour or mild exaggeration to praise something.
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Examples
- He thinks his new phone is the best thing since sliced bread.
- This little app is honestly the best thing since sliced bread.
- She talks about her air fryer like it's the best thing since sliced bread.
- Everyone says the new policy is the best thing since sliced bread.
Where it comes from
From mid-20th-century America, after commercially pre-sliced bread was introduced in the late 1920s and marketed as a great convenience; the phrase grew out of that advertising.
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