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英语口语:养家糊口“Bring home the bacon”

英语口语:养家糊口“Bring home the bacon”

流行英语口语:养家糊口“Bring home the bacon”

英语口语:养家糊口“Bring home the bacon”

Bacon,咸肉,熏肉。能把bacon买回家,一家人也就不用饿肚子了。所以,bringhome the bacon就成了“负担家用;养家糊口”的代名词之一。

比如:

Someone has to bring home the bacon in the family. 一个家里总得有个养家糊口的人。

When we grow up, we should bring home the bacon, this is our duty.长大了,我们都要养家糊口的,这是我们的责任所在。

小对话:

A: Is your household one where mom stays at home and dad goes out bringhome the bacon, or are you a part of an increasing number of non-traditionalfamilies, where the roles have been reversed?你的家庭是属于母亲留在家中操持家务、父亲出外赚钱养家的呢,还是那种势头渐增的.非传统家庭?在这样的家庭里父母的角色转换了。

B: My dad is in poor health. So my mum has to work for the family.我爸爸身体很不好。所以妈妈不得不出去工作养家。

更多例句:

I wish I could go to college full-time, but I have to work bring home thebacon. 如果我能把时间都拿来念大学就好了,不过我必须工作以维持家里生计。

Pekins was the main breadwinner at a time when few women ns在还有极少女性工作的那个时候已经是家里主要的经济支柱了。

除了“养家糊口”的意思,在某些语境中这个短语还可以用来表示“成功完成某事”。比如:

We had to work hard to get an order out the Americans but finally we wereable bring home the bacon. 为了得到美国人的定货单,我们不得不拼命工作,不过最后我们还是成功了。

好了,我们都努力加油,争取多多往家里带bacon.

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