put food on the table

Meaning: (idiomatic)Toprovideenoughmoneyto coverbasicnecessities.Synonyms:put bread on the table;see alsoThesaurus:make a living2009, “My Laid-off Life”, inThe Guardian,15 Jun 09:I don't care what I do. If it pays the bills andputs food on the table, I'm not bothered.2005, Darwin Porteret al.,Frommer's Italy 2005:The locals bemoan the tourist crush and at the same time welcome it because itputs food on the table.1996, Werner Peters,Society on the Run, page81:The middle class does not consider itself free form the concern ofputting food on the table.

Examples:

EN: You saying you'll put food on the table?
ES: ¿Dices que me alimentarás?
EN: They were never more than a way to put food on the table. I want something...
ES: Consigo mantenerme, pero... quiero hacer algo más que eso.
EN: Someone simple, someone earnest and serious, someone who can earn enough to put food on the table.
ES: Alguien sencillo, alguien serio y formal, alguien que gane lo suficiente para poner comida en la mesa.
EN: Do you think calm and intelligence are going to put food on the table?
ES: ¿Tú te crees que calma e inteligencia nos darán de comer?
EN: I don't even have money to put food on the table.
ES: No tengo ni para comer.
EN: Of your laborer's hands... which, for my mother and me, put food on the table and to which I also owe my engineering degree.
ES: De tus manos de obrero... que a mi madre y a mí, nos dieron el sustento. Y a las que también, debo mi título de ingeniero.
EN: I have to put food on the table.
ES: Tengo que poner comida en la mesa.
EN: - You don't put food on the table.
ES: - Recuerda quién te da de comer.
EN: You beast, I'm just a woman working to put food on the table!
ES: Id a explotar a otros y no a una pobre mujer, que trabaja para ganarse el pan. ¡Sucia bestia!
EN: Used to put food on the table. Keep foxes out of the chicken coop, bandits out of the bank.
ES: Se utiliza para proteger y mantener lejos a los ladrones.
EN: It'd be nice if you had enough money to put food on the table at the end of the day.
ES: Estaría bien que tuvierais dinero suficiente para poner comida en la mesa.
EN: I have to work to put food on the table for us.
ES: Tengo que trabajar para mantenernos.
EN: It sounds real good, Loyd, but you know, how's that going to put food on the table?
ES: Suena muy bien, Loyd, pero sabes. ¿cómo va eso a darme de comer? ¿Sabes?
EN: They gotta put food on the table.
ES: Tienen que llevar comida a sus mesas.
EN: - He goes out with women. - You're talking about a guy... i've been with for 15 years, who's put food on the table and clothes on her back. He has a good time.
ES: Sale con ellas.

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