take the bread out of someone's mouth

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To deprive someone of the means of living.

Japanese Meaning

誰かの生計の手段を奪う / 誰かの生活の糧を断つ

Increasing automation without offering retraining could take the bread out of someone's mouth overnight.

再訓練を提供せずに自動化を進めれば、一夜にして誰かの生活の糧を奪うことになりかねない。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To deprive someone of the means of living.

takes the bread out of someone's mouth

（ present singular third-person ）

taking the bread out of someone's mouth

（ participle present ）

took the bread out of someone's mouth

（ past ）

taken the bread out of someone's mouth

（ participle past ）