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sing for one's supper

Meaning of "sing for one's supper" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SING FOR ONE'S SUPPER

sing for one's supper


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SING FOR ONE'S SUPPER

sing · sing along · sing out · Sing Sing · sing someone´s praises · sing-along · sing. · singable · singableness · Singapore · Singaporean · singe · singer · singer-songwriter · Singh · Singhalese · singing · singing hinny · singing lesson · singing teacher

WORDS THAT END LIKE SING FOR ONE'S SUPPER

aftersupper · buffet supper · chopper · copper · crupper · cupper · hot pepper · Last Supper · Lord´s Supper · pepper · rapper · scupper · shopper · stripper · supper · the Last Supper · the Lord´s Supper · topper · upper · zipper

Synonyms and antonyms of sing for one's supper in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sing for one's supper» into 25 languages

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The translations of sing for one's supper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sing for one's supper» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

唱一个人的晚餐
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

cantar para la cena de una
570 millions of speakers
en

English

sing for one´s supper
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

एक भोज के लिए गाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الغناء لتناول العشاء واحد
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

петь для своего ужина
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cantar para uma ceia
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

একের খাবারের জন্য গান গাও
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

chanter pour son souper
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Nyanyi untuk makan malam
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

singen für sein Abendbrot
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

自分の夕食のために歌う
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

하나 의 저녁 식사를 위해 노래
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nyanyi kanggo wayah sore
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hát cho một bữa ăn tối của
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரு விருந்துக்கு பாடுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आपल्या रात्रीच्या मेजवानीसाठी गाणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Birinin yemeğinde şarkı söylemek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

cantare per la propria cena
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

śpiewać dla własnej wieczerzy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

співати для свого вечері
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cânta pentru cina cuiva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τραγουδούν για το δείπνο κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sing vir ´n mens se aandete
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjunga för sin kvällsmat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

synge for ens kveldsmat
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SING FOR ONE'S SUPPER»

Discover the use of sing for one's supper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sing for one's supper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... PARTNER SILLY SEASON SILVER LINING SILVER SCREEN SILVER WEDDING SIMMER DOWN SING A DIFFERENT// SONG/TUNE SING ANOTHER SONG SING FOR ONE'S SUPPER SING OUT SING SOMEONE'S PRAISE SING- SONG ...
Cruz, Et Al
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
R#S^*(She hates him like sin. ife^fjrtRfife ° ) to cover a multitude of sins W. COVER to live in sin !tL LIVE1 sincerely yours sincerely sl± ! « (fslil^^'tffl sing to sing along (Jg^) ili ?j?Pi#P|ig5|$ to sing for one's supper &lfcfc£t&lSt| [fill ft to sing out ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
3
Media, Technology, and Literature in the Nineteenth Century: ...
How can he cut it Without any knife? How can he marry Without any wife? (Elliott, "Little Tommy Tucker," National 46) "To sing for one's supper," the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes reminds us, "has long been proverbial, as in The Knight ...
Dr Colette Colligan, Dr Margaret Linley, 2013
4
Oxford Treasury of Sayings and Quotations
... labouring oar= the hardest to pull, originally with allusion to Dryden Aeneid ' three Trojans tug at ev'ry lab'ring oar' sing for one's supper provide a service in order to earn a benefit; after the nursery rhyme Little Tommy Tucker quotations ▷ In ...
Susan Ratcliffe, 2011
5
The Book of Ammon
She said she didn't know; everybody helps. They come and go and no one asks any questions. This was much different from the Salvation Army places I had stayed in when I had hiked in 1945 when one had to “sing for one's supper.
Ammon Hennacy, 2010
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Blues to Blood: Doing it the Hard Way: Music, Addiction and ...
Later, while waiting for the waiter to bring our check, the manager arrived with a big smile, informing Mother Ruth that there would be no charge for our lunch. It was at this juncture that I learned one could sing for one's supper; but let me add,  ...
Donald J. Darcy, 2009
7
A Road Runs Through it: Reviving Wild Places
"Work is work," writes Jim Dodge, "but it's a pleasure to sing for one's supper when the song itself provides sustenance." 4. For most of the twenty-plus years that Rochelle has lived in her country neighborhood, the most logical expectation has ...
Thomas Reed Petersen, 2006
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The Penn Commentary on Piers Plowman, Volume 1: C ...
84 (B 86, A 83): synge ∂er for symonye: The phrase (possibly echoing ''sing for one's supper,'' although that phrase is attested only from the eighteenth century) slides out of the parsons' and parish priests' plea to the bishop, disclosing to ...
Andrew Galloway, 2011
9
Dark Side Crossing
... to sing for one's supper. 354 Cule Hinder.
Cule Hinder, 2012
10
Charmed, I'm Sure
guests at High Court gatherings: one need not sing for one's supper, but one must frequently do so in order to leave the banquet hall afterward. * * * * “Good heavens,” I said as Amy turned her vintage Beetle through a tall iron gate onto a wide, ...
John C. Bunnell, 2007
REFERENCE
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