earn (one's) crust
earn (one's) crust
To do work of any kind for a living; to earn money by some means. No, working in a canning factory isn't exactly glamorous, but I've got to earn my crust somehow. I hear Janet is earning her crust with an investment firm in Tokyo now. That nerdy girl from grade school earns her crust as a model now? Wow.
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