bring home the bacon—
1. work and earn money for one’s family:
- Single mothers get little support, and the system has long been constructed on the premise that the husbands will bring home the bacon.
2. succeed in an undertaking; accomplish smth. of significant value:
- The company’s aggressive promotional efforts seem to have brought home the bacon, despite technical problems.
bring home the silver—(Sport) take second place; come in second (with reference to the silver medals awarded in competi-tions):
- Canada brought home the silver on a day when the opponent were simply better.