bring home the bacon

Definitions

1. 1

   To win or succeed.

   • 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.
   • 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".
2. 2

   To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and…

   To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.

   • 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.
   • No one brought home the bacon better than Stevens.
   • I have to say I like being the man, bringing home the bacon.

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