- sing for supper
- sing for (your) supper
old-fashioned
to do something for someone else in order to receive something in return, especially food.
Dan's upstairs fixing my computer - I'm making him sing for his supper.
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sing for supper
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Sing for Your Supper — is an American popular song by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. The song was debuted in their 1938 Broadway musical the Boys from Syracuse , in which it was performed as a trio with Muriel Angelus, Marcy Westcott and Wynn Murray … Wikipedia
sing for your supper — sing for (your) supper old fashioned to do something for someone else in order to receive something in return, especially food. Dan s upstairs fixing my computer I m making him sing for his supper … New idioms dictionary
sing for your supper — If you have to sing for your supper, you have to work to get the pay or reward you need or want … The small dictionary of idiomes
sing for one's supper — ► sing for one s supper provide a service in return for a benefit. Main Entry: ↑supper … English terms dictionary
sing for your supper — phrase to do something to help someone else in order to receive something from them, for example a meal Thesaurus: to help someonesynonym Main entry: sing … Useful english dictionary
sing for one's supper — {v. phr.}, {informal} To have to work for what one desires. * /I realized a long time ago that I had to sing for my supper if I wanted to get ahead in my profession./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sing for one's supper — {v. phr.}, {informal} To have to work for what one desires. * /I realized a long time ago that I had to sing for my supper if I wanted to get ahead in my profession./ … Dictionary of American idioms
sing\ for\ one's\ supper — v. phr. informal To have to work for what one desires. I realized a long time ago that I had to sing for my supper if I wanted to get ahead in my profession … Словарь американских идиом
sing for one's supper — I see supper II earn a favor or benefit by providing a service in return the cruise lecturers are academics singing for their supper … Useful english dictionary
sing for one's supper — provide a service in return for a benefit. → supper … English new terms dictionary
