kitchen table issue

English

Etymology

Reflecting not only that such issues affect common people's ability to put food on the table but also that the kitchen table is a hub of daily conversation for topics affecting daily life. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Can we confirm that the original invention of this phrase intended both of these meanings?”)

Noun

kitchen table issue (plural kitchen table issues)

1. (politics) Synonym of bread-and-butter issue.