take the bread out of somebody's mouth
idiomPart ofbread
take the bread out of somebody's mouth — idiom
1. to remove the work or pay that keeps someone able to live.
1.idiom
Definition
to remove the work or pay that keeps someone able to live.
Example
Cheap imports took the bread out of local farmers' mouths.
Closing the mill would take the bread out of two hundred families' mouths.