greatest thing since sliced bread

Idioms

Also, best thing since sliced bread. An excellent new invention, as in Harry swears that this new program is the greatest thing since sliced bread. This phrase, used either straightforwardly or sarcastically, alludes to the convenience of buying bread that is already sliced. [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

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Sure, AI is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but we probably don’t need 100 gigawatts of toasters paid for with datacenter-collateralized debt guarantees from toaster manufacturers—today’s circular deals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Brown says: "I thought: 'All right, everyone tells me he is the greatest thing since sliced bread, maybe I can help.'"

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

Your character Mo has to believe that Zeke is the greatest thing since sliced bread, even though any grownup looking at him would see that guy's the biggest mess on the world.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2020

I think YouTube is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2018

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From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

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