earn (one's) crust



earn (one's) 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 I've got to earn my crust somehow. I hear Janet is earning her crust with an investment firm in Tokyo now.
See also: crust, earn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ahmad-Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay
Suraj-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Nepali
Ivanna-Russian (Rare)
Elijahi-LIE-jə (English), i-LIE-zhə (English)English, Hebrew, Biblical
Kerneels-Dutch
GageGAYJEnglish (Modern)