English Dictionary

earn one's keep

動詞

慣用表現 比喩的用法

(idiomatic) To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.

日本語の意味

自分の生活費を賄うために、十分な労働やサービスを提供すること / 報酬や住居などの対価として、自分の食い扶持を稼ぐこと

To earn one's keep on the farm, a worker must rise before dawn and tend the animals.

農場で食事と宿泊に見合う働きをするためには、労働者は夜明け前に起きて家畜の世話をしなければならない。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To perform satisfactory physical labor or to provide other worthy services in return for remuneration, lodging, or other benefits; to support oneself financially.

Being a very strong, active man, with gift of versatile hand and brain, and early acquaintance with handicrafts, Christopher Bert could earn his keep.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To be worthwhile.

The lack of bottom-end grunt presents as a particular problem in hilly terrain where the five-speed manual gearbox really earns its keep.

earns one's keep （ present singular third-person ）

earning one's keep （ participle present ）

earned one's keep （ participle past ）

earned one's keep （ past ）

earnt one's keep （ participle past ）

earnt one's keep （ past ）