bring home the bacon

Verb

• supply means of subsistence; earn a living
  • He provides for his large family by working three jobs
    
  • Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon
    

• attain success or reach a desired goal
  • The enterprise succeeded
    
  • We succeeded in getting tickets to the show
    
  • she struggled to overcome her handicap and won
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  provide , succeed , win , come through , deliver the goods
• Antonyms: 
  fail , go wrong , miscarry