loaves and fishes
plural noun
: material gain
concentrating on how to get loaves and fishes, the schools … make out of our youngsters precisely what their parents wish them to become
B. I. Bell
B. I. Bell
Word History
Etymology
so called from the 5 barley loaves and 2 fishes with which Jesus miraculously fed a multitude of 5000 (John 6) that he later reproached for their greater interest in the food than in him (John 6: 26)
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