bring home the bacon
41home — See: at home, bring home, bring home the bacon, chickens come home to roost, close to home, convalescent home or nursing home or rest home, keep the home fires burning, make oneself at home, nobody home, write home about …
42bacon — ba|con S3 [ˈbeıkən] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: , from an ancient Germanic word meaning back ] 1.) salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig, often served in narrow thin pieces ▪ bacon and eggs rasher of bacon BrE… …
43bacon — /ˈbeɪkən / (say baykuhn) noun 1. meat from the back and sides of the pig, salted and dried or smoked. –phrase 2. bring home the bacon, a. to support a family; provide for material needs. b. to succeed in a specific task. {Phrase Origin: early… …
44bacon — noun (U) 1 salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig, often served in narrow thin pieces: bacon and eggs (=bacon and eggs cooked in hot fat and served together) see also: meat 2 bring home the bacon informal to provide enough money to …
45bacon — ba•con [[t]ˈbeɪ kən[/t]] n. coo the back and sides of a hog, salted and dried or smoked, usu. sliced thin and fried • bring home the bacon Etymology: 1300–50; ME bacoun < AF; OF bacon < Gmc *bakōn (OHG bacho back, ham, bacon), der. of *baka …
46bacon — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flitch, gammon, side pork, beef bacon, Danish bacon, Canadian bacon, breakfast meat, pancetta, side meat*, sowbelly*. • bring home the bacon*, Syn. earn a living, provide for, triumph, achieve; see succeed 1 , support 5 …
47bacon — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bahho side of bacon, bah back more at back Date: 14th century 1. a side of a pig cured and smoked 2. money; specifically money gained through… …
48bacon — ba|con [ beıkən ] noun uncount * meat from a pig that is treated with smoke or salt, and is often cooked in RASHERS (=thin pieces): bacon and eggs bring home the bacon INFORMAL to earn money to support your family => SAVE1 …
49bacon */ — UK [ˈbeɪkən] / US noun [uncountable] meat from a pig that is treated with smoke or salt, and is often cooked in rashers (= thin pieces) a bacon sandwich • bring home the bacon See: save I …
50bacon — noun cured meat from the back or sides of a pig. Phrases bring home the bacon informal 1》 supply material provision or support. 2》 achieve success. Origin ME: from OFr., from a Gmc word meaning ham, flitch …
