Lord's Supper Idiom, Proverb
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.
covered-dish supper|covered-dish|potluck|potluck s
A meal to which each guest brings a share of the food.
Dolly made a chicken casserole for the covered-dish supper.
sing for one's supper|sing|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.
sing for one's supper
sing for one's supper Work for one's pay or reward, as in
Entertaining visiting scientists is part of the job; you know I have to sing for my supper. This metaphoric term alludes to wandering minstrels who performed in taverns and were paid with a meal. First recorded in 1609, it gained currency with the familiar nursery rhyme, “Little Tommy Tucker, sings for his supper” (c. 1744).
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sing for one's supper.
Lord's Supper
1. Another appellation for the Aftermost Supper, the aftermost meal that Jesus aggregate with his aggregation afore his crucifixion, which some Christians accept instituted the commemoration of Eucharist. We bless the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday.2. The commemoration of Eucharist. Now that you've fabricated your First Holy Communion, you can accept the Lord's Supper during Mass.Learn more: supper