ganarse los garbanzos

Language: es

1.
SpainLatin Americainformalcolloquial
- 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:

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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