have one's bread buttered for life

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have one's bread buttered for life (third-person singular simple present has one's bread buttered for life, present participle having one's bread buttered for life, simple past and past participle had one's bread buttered for life)

1. (idiomatic, informal) To be furnished or supplied with a great amount.