bring home the bacon
Example Sentences
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"He's going to bring home the bacon," he said from the Oval Office, "even though bacon isn't too big in Israel. I had to clear that up."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
So too, a wife may be more attracted by a potential spouse who shares her interests, rather than one offering only to bring home the bacon.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
“And that is a big difference in making sure that we can bring home the bacon to the people who are counting on us.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
“She’s been my biggest encouragement. She could have easily said ‘No, you stay at the factory, and you just bring home the bacon, buddy.’
From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
And Step Hen, if you bring home the bacon in the shape of a noble six-pronged buck, you must let me take your picture, with your foot on the prize.
From The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol by Herbert Carter
