to bring home the bacon
- Fuente de la expresión
- Cambridge Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- to bring home the bacon
- Variantes
- [make, earn] a living, [earn] a crust, bring home the bacon, make some dough, earn one’s [keep, salt, corn, bread and butter], [make, earn, gain] one’s [daily] bread, earn one’s [bread, living] by the sweat of one’s brow
- Contexto
- «The phrase “bring home the bacon” is a widely recognized expression in the English language, often used to refer to earning a living or providing for one’s family. But have you ever wondered where this saying originated and how it became so popular?»
- Fuente del contexto
- Medium
- Tipo de fuente
- Página web
- Autor
- Weal
- Título de la fuente
- Bringing Home the Bacon: The Origin and Popularity of a Familiar Phrase
- Año
- 2023
- Web
- https://medium.com/@henrywilliamdurham/bringing-home-the-bacon-the-origin-and-popularity-of-a-familiar-phrase-6a800c65a6bc
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Frecuente