Last Updated：2025/11/21

To win or succeed. / (idiomatic) To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.

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Source Word

bring home the bacon

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

生計を立てる / 家族を養う / 成功して利益を得る

After months of pitching to investors, Maya finally managed to bring home the bacon with her startup's funding round.

何か月も投資家に売り込みを続けた結果、マヤはついにスタートアップの資金調達を成功させた。

Sense（1）

To win or succeed.

I am going to do my bit, Corky, and it may be that my bit will turn out to be just the trifle that brings home the bacon.

Sense（2）

(idiomatic) To have employment which provides remuneration to satisfy the basic needs of oneself and one's family.

It's just that I think I'm going to lose my job at the studio and am damned scared of not being able to bring home the bacon.

brings home the bacon

（ present singular third-person ）

bringing home the bacon

（ participle present ）

brought home the bacon

（ participle past ）

brought home the bacon

（ past ）