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
Drishti-Indian, Hindi
Viktoras-Lithuanian
Chae-Wonchay-wonKorean
'Avimelekh-Biblical Hebrew
Anamarija-Croatian, Macedonian
Matej-Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian