greatest thing since sliced bread

Definitions

Something amazing, outstanding or praiseworthy, especially a relatively recent invention likely to improve people's lives.

idiomatic

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Examples

“This column is about the greatest thing since sliced bread.”

“Because if he starts to write⟳ a check for the full amount and I say⟳, “Take⟳ off $250”, or “I'll throw⟳ in door-guard trim and five steel radials for nothing”, Charley is going to think⟳ I am the greatest thing since sliced bread.”

“It was the greatest thing since sliced bread when it first came out, and I remember⟳ selling a big project to a customer by demonstrating it.”

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