Bacon，咸肉，熏肉。能把bacon買回家，一家人也就不用餓肚子了。所以，bring home the bacon就成了“負擔家用;養家糊口”的代名詞之一。

比如：

Someone has to bring home the bacon in the family. 一個家里總得有個養家糊口的人。

When we grow up, we should bring home the bacon, this is our duty. 長大了，我們都要養家糊口的，這是我們的責任所在。

小對話：

A: Is your household one where mom stays at home and dad goes out bring home the bacon, or are you a part of an increasing number of non-traditional families, where the roles have been reversed? 你的家庭是屬于母親留在家中操持家務、父親出外賺錢養家的呢，還是那種勢頭漸增的非傳統家庭?在這樣的家庭里父母的角色轉換了。

B: My dad is in poor health. So my mum has to work for the family. 我爸爸身體很不好。所以媽媽不得不出去工作養家。

更多例句：

I wish I could go to college full-time, but I have to work bring home the bacon. 如果我能把時間都拿來念大學就好了，不過我必須工作以維持家里生計。

Pekins was the main breadwinner at a time when few women worked. Pekins在還有極少女性工作的那個時候已經是家里主要的經濟支柱了。

除了“養家糊口”的意思，在某些語境中這個短語還可以用來表示“成功完成某事”。比如：

We had to work hard to get an order out the Americans but finally we were able bring home the bacon. 為了得到美國人的定貨單，我們不得不拼命工作，不過最后我們還是成功了。

好了，我們都努力加油，爭取多多往家里帶bacon.