pay the bills

English

Verb

pay the bills (third-person singular simple present pays the bills, present participle paying the bills, simple past and past participle paid the bills)

(idiomatic, of a job) To provide enough income to sustain one's lifestyle.
Being a dentist isn't so glamorous, but it pays the bills.

Translations

provide enough income

Chinese:
Mandarin: 維持生活 (zh), 维持生活 (zh) (wéichí shēnghuó), (slang) 當飯吃, 当饭吃 (dāng fàn chī)
Dutch: rekeningen betalen
Finnish: tuoda voita leivän päälle
French: payer les factures
German: die Rechnungen bezahlen

Hungarian: meg lehet élni belőle, ki lehet jönni belőle
Japanese: 勘定を支払う (かんじょうをしはらう, kanjō o shiharau)
Portuguese: pagar as contas
Russian: плати́ть по счета́м (platítʹ po sčetám)
Spanish: pagar las cuentas
Thai: please add this translation if you can

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