earn a crust



earn a crust

To do work of any kind for a living; to earn money by some means. No, working in a canning factory isn't exactly glamorous, but we've all got to earn a crust somehow.
See also: crust, earn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
PavelPAH-vyel (Russian), PAH-veel (Russian)Russian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Macedonian
Tiburtius-Ancient Roman
Vann[væn]
MaggieMAG-eeEnglish
Ya'rah-Biblical Hebrew
Peppino-Italian