bring home the bacon
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bring home the bacon (third-person singular simple present brings home the bacon, present participle bringing home the bacon, simple past and past participle brought home the bacon)
- To win or succeed.
- Synonyms: triumph, walk off with (the game or the prize)
- 1924, P.G. Wodehouse, The World of Ukbridge:
- I am going to do my bit, Corky, and it may be that my bit will turn out to be just the trifle that brings home the bacon.
- 2002, Joseph Andre Ryan, The Tely 10: A History of Newfoundland's Premier Road Race, 1922-2000:
- Brown had pushed the champion very hard for first place the previous year, and to many of his supporters, this year he could "bring home the bacon".
- (idiomatic) To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:make a living
- 2005, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul:
- It's just that I think I'm going to lose my job at the studio and am damned scared of not being able to bring home the bacon.
- 2008 November 22, “In Alaska, Stevens' long reign is over”, in Los Angeles Times[1]:
- No one brought home the bacon better than Stevens.
- 2009 October 21, Stuart Jeffries, “Why don't more dads work part-time?”, in The Guardian[2]:
- I have to say I like being the man, bringing home the bacon.
Translations[edit]
to make a living
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