earn (one's) daily bread
earn (one's) daily bread
To do work of any kind for a living; to earn money by some means. No, working in a canning factory isn't exactly glamorous, but I've got to earn my daily bread somehow. I hear Janet is earning her daily bread with an investment firm in Tokyo now.
See also: bread, daily, earn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- crust
- earn (one's) crust
- earn a crust
- earn a/your crust
- (one's) daily bread
- daily
- earn an honest penny
- earn a packet
- make good money
- earn a mint