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bring home the bacon

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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.
See also: bacon, bring, home

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)
See also: bacon, bring, home

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
See also: bacon, bring, home


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The crackdown comes as the Congressional Research Service calculates that earmarks -- items in spending bills used by lawmakers to bring home the bacon to their states -- have soared from about 3,000 in 1996 to 13,000 this year.
When I ask myself what it means to be a woman in this modern society, the first thing that comes to mind is the familiar song that starts "I can bring home the bacon .
But it's the pigs who have the last laugh, as they once again foil Bert's attempts to bring home the bacon.
 
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