虽然现在女强人比比皆是，男人养家糊口不是什么伟大的事，但那是义务范围内的事，习语 bring home the bacon 字面意思“把咸猪肉带回家”，可以意为“赚钱养家，养家糊口”，寓意：
to go out and earn a living or earn money for the family
外出谋生或为家庭挣钱
to be successful or get an accomplishment
成功或取得成就
to return home with a reward at the end of the day
一天结束后，带着奖赏回家
to achieve something you had set out to achieve
去实现你想要达到的目标
例如：
As the head of the family, he ensures that he brings home the bacon.
作为一家之主，他保证自己赚钱养家。
The lady next door keeps nagging her husband because she brings home the bacon.
隔壁那位女士老是唠叨她丈夫，因为她成了家里养家糊口的人。
解析：keep doing sth 表示一直做某事。
The little girl works so hard. She practically brings home the bacon in her family.
这个小女孩工作很努力。她几乎承担养家糊口的重任。
Mrs Clarke urged her son to go look for a job so that he can bring home the bacon.
克拉克太太催促她儿子去找份工作，好让他能养家糊口。
解析：urge sb to do sth 催促某人做某事。
Every woman wants to be married to a man that can bring home the bacon.
每个女人都想嫁给一个能养家糊口的男人。
bring home the bacon 还可以意为“成功做某事，达到目的”，例如：
They said they would bring home the bacon, but so far they have done no such thing, with sales falling 14%.
他们说他们将达成目标，但到目前为止他们还没有，销售额下降了14%。
Voters are interested in the representative's ability to bring home the bacon.
选民感兴趣的是代表能否兑现承诺。
流多少汗，吃多少饭，不会不论什么时候，男人都应该承担起养家糊口的重任，为自己的家人遮风挡雨，做一个堂堂正正的男子汉。
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