In the olden days, -300 to 500 years ago meat was hard to come by for poor people in England. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon."
It means bring home money for a particular family.
To "bring home the bacon" essentially means to create an income and support your family as well to be successful.This is an old term meaning: to make the money, to support your family.
To "bring home the bacon" essentially means to create an income and support your family as well to be successful.This is an old term meaning: to make the money, to support your family.
what is the verb phrase for the sentence bring home the bacon
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To achieve desired results;have success.
I would say an idiom.
Women stay at home, have the kids,cook,clean. Men go to work and bring home the bacon.
The phrase "bring home the bacon" is a simile. It compares the act of earning a living or providing for one's family to bringing home bacon, emphasizing the importance of financial contribution. The other phrases, "breakfast of champions," "life is a highway," and "solid as a rock," serve different rhetorical purposes, but they are not similes.
Women stay at home, have the kids,cook,clean. Men go to work and bring home the bacon.