bring home the bacon

1. Voters are interested in the representative's ability to bring home the bacon
   选民感兴趣的是代表能否兑现承诺。
2. I will be most upset if this book does not bring home the bacon.
   我就不信这本书不畅销。
3. Bring home the bacon: to earn money to support the family
   维持生计：赚钱养家
4. My father always bring home the bacon.
   我父亲一向负担家用。
5. I gotta go to work so I can bring home the bacon.
   我得去工作去带点熏肉。
6. The timing may be inconvenient, but working for a liar or an incompetent for the next 20 years is neither attractive nor likely to bring home the bacon.
   选择现在辞职也许不合时宜，但为一个骗子或无能之辈再打20年工既没什么吸引力，又不太可能养家糊口。
7. Men were supposed to bring home the bacon.
   男人应该担负起家庭生计。
8. When we grow up, we should bring home the bacon, this is our duty.
   长大了，都要养家糊口的，这是我们的责任所在。
9. Many men nowadays would rather have women bring home the bacon.
   一个男人能不能养家活口并不是最重要的特质。
10. Since their father died, there's been no one to bring home the bacon.
    自从他们的父亲死后，家里就没人工作赚钱了。
11. He works night and day to bring home the bacon.
    他夜以继日辛勤工作维持生活。
12. They struggle to earn enough money to bring home the bacon.
    他们努力赚钱只够给家里买咸猪肉。
13. In every country and regardless of their social systems, there must be someone in the house who will have to bring home the bacon.
    在每一个国家里，无论这些国家的社会制度如何，家庭里总得有人去挣钱养活全家。
14. Now you're the one to bring home the bacon.
    明白了，现在要你赚钱养家了。
15. Some one has to bring home the bacon in the family.
    一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人。
16. Husband: I bring home the bacon. that's all I should worry about.
    丈夫：我是负责养家活口的人，那才是我该担心的事。
17. Both Richard and Samantha got jobs to bring home the bacon for their children.
    理查和萨曼莎都要工作挣钱养家。
18. We have to make ourselves living, and bring home the bacon.
    我们必须使自己的生活，并养家糊口。
19. I'm convinced that he will bring home the bacon.
    我确信他一定会获得成功。
20. I have to bring home the bacon.
    我不得不养家糊口。
21. As a single mom, Cordia Harrington just needed to bring home the bacon.
    作为单身母亲，卡迪亚。哈灵顿起初只需要把熏肉带回家。
22. Gordon: I have to go to work, you know. I must bring home the bacon.
    戈登：你知道，我必须去工作呀。我得出去把熏肉带回家（我的过日子）。

verb

1. supply means of subsistence
   1. He provides for his large family by working three jobs
   2. Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon

   Synonym:    provide

2. attain success or reach a desired goal
   1. The enterprise succeeded
   2. We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
   3. she struggled to overcome her handicap and won

   Synonym:    succeedwincome throughdeliver the goods