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in Lohn und Brot stehen

English translation: eine feste Arbeit haben

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German term or phrase:	in Lohn und Brot stehen
English translation:	eine feste Arbeit haben
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05:28 Jul 26, 2005

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

German term or phrase: in Lohn und Brot stehen

from the following sentences:

"Mein Vater, der als Bedienster der Bundeswehr in Lohn und Brot stand, schloss sich den Feldarbeiten gleich nach Dienstschluss an um hier seine zweite Schicht abzuleisten."

Tegan Raleigh KudoZ activity Questions: 557 (9 open) (2 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 91 United States
Local time: 05:16

to have a steady job

Explanation:
In Lohn und Brot stehen = eine feste Arbeit haben

Selected response from:

pjau
Local time: 06:16

Grading comment

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

who earned a crust as a

xxxIanW

4 +3

to have a steady job

pjau

bread and butter

Translations4IT

brought a wage home and put bread on the table

mbrodie

Answers

19 mins confidence:

brought a wage home and put bread on the table

Explanation:
seems to be the nearest in English

mbrodie
Local time: 13:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

18 mins confidence:

bread and butter

Explanation:
...whose bread and butter was ....

just an idea

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Note added at 22 mins (2005-07-26 05:50:41 GMT)
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Bread-and-butter vor einem Substantiv, das Arbeit, Geschäft bezeichnet, bedeutet, dass ein wesentlicher Teil des Einkommens daher stammt.

Your bread and butter ist die wichtigste oder einzige Quelle des Einkommens, die man hat.

It\'s not exactly thrilling but it\'s good bread-and-butter work all the same....

Translations4IT
Local time: 17:46
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

who earned a crust as a

Explanation:
I'd say "who earned a crust as a ..."

xxxIanW
Local time: 14:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 41

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

to have a steady job

Explanation:
In Lohn und Brot stehen = eine feste Arbeit haben

Reference: http://www.redensarten-index.de/suche.php

pjau
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of:

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 8

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