idiom
bring home the bacon
BRING hohm the BAY-kun
brɪŋ hoʊm ðə ˈbeɪkənListen
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Syllable breakdown
bringhomethebacon
Dictionary meaning
earn the household income; be the primary wage earner in a family; achieve success in a competition or endeavour and deliver the rewards; the phrase is thought to derive either from the custom of awarding a side of bacon to couples who could swear before the church that they had not quarrelled for a year and a day, or simply from the long-standing importance of salted pork as a symbol of practical material provision
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