bring home the bacon
bring home the bacon · brings home the bacon · brought home the bacon · bringing home the bacon
виграти, перемогти, перемагати
заработать на жизнь, зарабатывать на жизнь
triumphieren
To win or succeedTo win or succeed.
» Who brings home the bacon, you or me?
Meaning
2 sensesTo win or succeed.
(idiomatic)To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.
зараба́тывать на жизньzarabátyvatʹ na žiznʹ, зарабо́тать на жизньzarabótatʹ na žiznʹ
More definitions
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living
- attain success or reach a desired goal
Examples
5 sentencesWho brings home the bacon, you or me?
In most sports the team that practice hardest usually brings home the bacon.
I can't be going fishing all the time, I have to bring home the bacon.
Our team could easily have brought home the bacon, if it weren't for the team's best man being injured.
After having fought many hard battles, we were able to bring home the bacon and set up a new government.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to make a living:
Forms
brings home the bacon, bringing home the bacon, brought home the bacon, brought home the bacon| Base form | bring home the bacon · to bring home the bacon |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | brings home the bacon |
| Present participle | bringing home the bacon |
| Past simple | brought home the bacon |
| Past participle | brought home the bacon |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | bring home the bacon |
| he, she, it | brings home the bacon |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | brought home the bacon |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have brought home the bacon |
| he, she, it | has brought home the bacon |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will bring home the bacon |
Synonyms
17 synonymstriumphB1walk off withput bread on the tableput food on the tablemake ends meetcarry one's weightearn a livingearn one's cornearn one's crustearn one's keepkeep the home fires burning
Close in meaning
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living:provide
- attain success or reach a desired goal:succeedwincome throughdeliver the goods
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle