break bread

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends.
  2. To take part in Holy Communion.

Vertalings

partager le pain

compartilhar uma refeição

comer juntos

Brot brechen

compartir el pan

das Brot miteinander teilen

Etimologie (Engels)

Under medieval conditions, guests brought their own knives worn with them, which were their daggers they hunted and gathered with, then only fit to cut meat. From the expression “break bread with friends” the ellipsis “break bread” implying community developed.

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