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 The driverless car is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

 

Meanings:  The driverless car is a wonderful invention.

Story Behind It: 

  Although bread has fed mankind for over 30,000 years, it was not mass-produced until the Industrial Revolution. Even after the Industrial Revolution brought the convenience of factory-produced bread to the dining table, people still had to cut it by hand. Otto Frederick Rohwedder from Iowa invented the first bread-slicing machine and put it into service in 1928. Several bread companies used his machine and advertised sliced bread as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped."  From there, the expression the greatest thing since sliced bread was coined to refer to a wonderful invention.

 

 

 

 

 

A:  What do you think about the driverless car?

B:  It is the greatest thing since sliced bread.