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
Nassim	nah-SEEM	Arabic
Victoria	vik-TAWR-ee-ə (English), vik-TO-ree-ah (German)	English, Spanish, Romanian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Late Roman, Roman Mythology
Herminio	er-MEE-nyo	Spanish
Tipene	-	Maori
Gevorg	-	Armenian
Oroitz	-	Basque