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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. language that would fry bacon Rur. profanity; swearing; curse words. ("Hot" language.) He carried on in language that would fry bacon. I was shocked when I heard that sweet little girl use language that would fry bacon. save someone's skin and save someone's neck; save one's bacon Fig. to save someone from injury, embarrassment, or punishment. I saved my skin by getting the job done on time. Thanks for saving my neck! I would have fallen down the stairs if you hadn't held my arm. What's shakin'? and What's shakin' bacon? Sl. How are you?; What is new? What's shakin' bacon? What's going down? Hi, Jim. What's shakin'? bring home the bacon (informal) 1. to earn money to live on If Jo's going to be at home looking after the kids, someone needs to bring home the bacon. 2. to do something successfully, especially to win a game or race Racegoers crowded the stand to see him bring home the bacon. (= win the race) save somebody's bacon (mainly British informal) to save someone from failure or difficulties You saved my bacon there. I'd probably have lost my job if you hadn't been ready with an explanation. See also: save save somebody's skin to save someone from failure or difficulties You saved my skin telling my parents I stayed with you last night. bring home the bacon 1. to earn money to live on If Jo's going to stay at home with the kids, someone else will have to bring home the bacon. 2. to do something successfully Holtzman pitched poorly, and he was followed by McNamara, who didn't bring home the bacon either. Usage notes: usually said about playing sports save your bacon to prevent something very bad from happening to you It's a short book but it could save your bacon when you're traveling overseas. See also: save How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Like other uncured turkey bacons we sampled, it tasted more like Canadian bacon or pastrami than ordinary bacon, but it's still delish. MAJOR TRADE AND PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION, ONLINE & RELATED BUSINESS INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS, FIRST QUARTER, 2005 Publications/Property Buyer Real Estate Media ALM/New York AIS Communications Annex Publishing/Delhi, ON Top Crop Manager Glass Canada And three other mags Beckett Publications Apprise Media/New York Delahaye Medialink Bacons Info. Meier and Feliciano Rivera, The Chicanos: A History of Mexican Americans (New York, 1972), 101-02; Catherine McNicol Stock, Rural Radicals: From Bacons Rebellion to the Oklahoma City Bombing (New York, 1997), 106-107; Thompson, "Many Faces," 89; Thompson, Juan Cortina, 102, ns. |
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