bring home the bacon

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bring home the bacon

verb brings home the bacon · bringing home the bacon · brought home the bacon

  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.
  2. idiomatic 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.

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