From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbring home the baconbring home the baconinformalBEEARN to provide enough money to support your family → bacon
Examples from the Corpus
bring home the bacon• But, you know, we were the enemy, or something and he was out to bring home the bacon.• Local boys Hong Kong made good their pledge to bring home the bacon for retiring coach Jim Rowark.bring home the baconbring home the baconinformal to earn the money that your family needs to live → bringExamples from the Corpus
bring home the bacon• But, you know, we were the enemy, or something and he was out to bring home the bacon.• Local boys Hong Kong made good their pledge to bring home the bacon for retiring coach Jim Rowark. 