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
Ezer	-	Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Filimena	-	Macedonian
Rajender	-	Indian, Hindi
Aquila	ə-KWIL-ə (English), AK-wil-ə (English)	Biblical, Ancient Roman
Denver	DEN-vər	English
Marian (2)	MAHR-yahn (Polish)	Polish, Czech, Romanian