核心畫面

A that somebody has already cut for you. Open the bag, take a piece, done: no knife, no crooked slices, no waiting. You can think of the word as standing for convenience that has been made so easy nobody has to think about it any more.

可以想成一條麵包已經替你切好了。袋子打開就有一片,不必找刀,也不會切歪。這個詞的畫面,比較像「方便到你完全不用花力氣更多收起可以想成一條麵包已經替你切好了。袋子打開就有一片,不必找刀,也不會切歪。這個詞的畫面,比較像「方便到你完全不用花力氣」的那種現成。正因為這種方便太理所當然,後來才會有人把它拿來當比喻的起點。

Two branches

切好片的麵包本身

這就是畫面本身:袋子裡一片一片、厚度一樣的麵包。

noun · A2

Bread that has already been cut into flat pieces of the same thickness before you buy it, so you can take a piece straight out of the bag without cutting it yourself.

切片麵包

拿它當「方便的極限」來開玩笑

同樣一袋麵包,這裡不是被拿來吃,而是被拿來當「好用」的標準線。

noun · B2

You say that something is the best thing since sliced bread when you mean it is wonderfully useful or clever. It is a light, joking way of praising something, and it often hints that the praise is bigger than the thing really deserves.

超棒的新東西