bring home the bacon

bring home the bacon
bring home the bacon
Fig. to earn a salary; to bring home money earned at a job. •

I've got to get to work if I'm going to bring home the bacon.

Go out and get a job so you can bring home the bacon.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To support your family; earn the family living. * /He was a steady fellow, who always brought home the bacon./ 2. To win a game or prize. * /The football team brought home the bacon./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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