earn keep

earn one's keep

to help out with chores in return for food and a place to live; to earn one's pay by doing what is expected. I earn my keep at college by shoveling snow in the winter. Tom hardly earns his keep around here. He should be fired.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ismael	-	Spanish, Biblical Greek
Timothy	['timəθi]
Alvina	al-VEEN-ə	English
Gaiana	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
GÜVenÇ	-	Turkish
Jeane	JEEN	English