* earn one’s keep: to work in payment for
food and shelter
ex>
We earned our keep by working in the fields all summer.
* part and parcel: an essential,
unavoidable part of something
ex>
Carrying equipment is part and parcel of being in a band.
* duck soup: easily done
ex>
Changing a light bulb is duck soup after you’ve done it a few times.
* make a living: to earn enough to
support oneself
ex>
Ken was making a living by the time he was nineteen.
* rule the roost: to be in charge
ex>
My grandfather had an important job, but my grandmother ruled the roost
at home.
* suck it up: to accept a misfortune
without complaining
ex>
Doug didn’t like having to drive back to the airport, but he sucked it up.
*
Today’s Expression> They’re a fact of life.
= a
grim reality; an inescapable truth; a cold hard fact
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