词汇 | not by bread alone |
词源 | not by bread alone. This ancient expression, meaning that a person’s spirit must be cared for as well as his body, comes from the Bible (Deut. 8:3): “Man doth not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.” |
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