bring home the bacon
Support the family
To bring home the bacon is to earn money for one's household, to be the breadwinner: Someone has to bring home the bacon.
The phrase extends to succeeding or achieving results generally: The team brought home the bacon with a last-minute goal.
The bacon represents material reward or tangible success.
Primary household earner
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- wagesPayment for work
livelihood · provider · earner · employment · job · career · workforce · compensation
To uphold or sustain
- sustenanceMeans of living
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- dependentsPeople financially supported
family · household · necessities · upkeep · maintenance · shelter · bills · groceries
Succeed through effort
- accomplishComplete successfully
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- deliverTransport to recipient
- winAchieve victory
succeed · prosper · thrive · excel · flourish · productive · fruitful · results
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
burden · charge · stewardship · sacrifice · pressure · expectation · role · contribution
breadwinner
Primary household earner
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
wages · livelihood · provider · earner · employment · job · career · workforce · compensation · remuneration
support
To uphold or sustain
- sustenanceMeans of living
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
dependents · family · household · necessities · upkeep · maintenance · shelter · bills · groceries · rent
achieve
Succeed through effort
- accomplishComplete successfully
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- deliverTransport to recipient
win · succeed · prosper · thrive · excel · flourish · productive · fruitful · results · performance
duty
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
reliability · burden · charge · stewardship · sacrifice · pressure · expectation · role · contribution · partnership
- farm idiomsmake hay while the sun shines, cream of the crop, put the cart before the horse, till the cows come home, buy the farm
- food idiomspiece of cake, bread winner, low-hanging fruit, cool as a cucumber, bad egg
- Old Idiomsbeyond the pale, hue and cry, scot-free, knight in shining armor, eat humble pie
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- labor idiomsnose to the grindstone, burning the midnight oil, pull your weight, crunch time, work like a dog
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
bring home the baconfail
Be unsuccessful
come up empty · fall short · strike out · drop the ball · blow it
bring, bacon, homeless, homeland, brought, homesick, brings, bringing, homecoming