sing for one s supper イディオム

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Sing for your supper

If you have to sing for your supper, you have to work to get the pay or reward you need or want.

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covered-dish supper|covered-dish|potluck|potluck s

A meal to which each guest brings a share of the food. Dolly made a chicken casserole for the covered-dish supper.

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sing for one's supper|sing|supper

v. phr., informal To have to work for what one desires. I realized a long time ago that I had to sing for my supper if I wanted to get ahead in my profession.

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sing for one's supper

sing for one's supper
Work for one's pay or reward, as in Entertaining visiting scientists is part of the job; you know I have to sing for my supper. This metaphoric term alludes to wandering minstrels who performed in taverns and were paid with a meal. First recorded in 1609, it gained currency with the familiar nursery rhyme, “Little Tommy Tucker, sings for his supper” (c. 1744).

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supper

supper
see sing for one's supper.

covered-dish supper|covered-dish|potluck|potluck s

A meal to which anniversary bedfellow brings a allotment of the food. Dolly fabricated a craven goulash for the covered-dish supper.

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sing for one's supper

sing for one's supper
Assignment for one's pay or reward, as in Entertaining visiting scientists is allotment of the job; you apperceive I accept to sing for my supper. This allegorical appellation alludes to abnormality minstrels who performed in taverns and were paid with a meal. First recorded in 1609, it acquired bill with the accustomed nursery rhyme, “Little Tommy Tucker, sings for his supper” (c. 1744).

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sing for one's supper|sing|supper

v. phr., informal To accept to assignment for what one desires. I accomplished a continued time ago that I had to sing for my supper if I capital to get advanced in my profession.

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Sing for your supper

If you accept to sing for your supper, you accept to assignment to get the pay or accolade you charge or want.

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supper

supper
see sing for one's supper. Dictionary