ganarse los garbanzos: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To earn one's living; to work to obtain the necessities of life.
- To carry out work, often entrepreneurial or small‑scale, in order to support oneself financially.
Examples
BetaMi primo se gana los garbanzos trabajando como conductor de taxi en la ciudad.
My cousin earns his living working as a taxi driver in the city.
Para ganarse los garbanzos, muchas personas tienen que hacer trabajos que no les gustan.
To earn their living, many people have to do jobs they don’t like.
¿Sabes cómo se gana los garbanzos alguien que solo tiene educación primaria?
Do you know how someone with only elementary education earns a living?
Examples:
- ES: Yo estaba a miles de kilómetros de distancia y allí estaba Morty... con su negocio de salchichas para ganarse los garbanzos.EN: I was thousands of miles away... and there was Morty with his thriving sausage business to bring home the bacon.
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