| Idiom | Sing for Your Supper |
|---|---|
| Example | Dad said I'd have to sing for my supper: Before he'd take me to the tennis match, I had to finish my homework. |
| Meaning | to perform a service in return for something one needs or wants |
| Origin | Starting in medieval times, it was common for a wandering, hungry minstrel to arrive at an English tavern and offer to sing poetry in exchange for a meal. By the early 1600s "sing for your supper" meant doing a favor or some kind of work in order to earn something you needed or desired. |
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