bacon

save someone's bacon: see save someone's skin atsave.

bring home the bacon

1 supply material provision or support.

2 achieve success. informal

☞ This phrase probably derives from the much earlier save your bacon, recorded from the mid 17th century. In early use bacon also referred to fresh pork, the meat most readily available to rural people.

❷2009Guardian 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' has been bringing home the bacon at the UK box office for almost a fortnight.