pay the bills

Verb

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

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 當飯吃
 * 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
 * Polish: płacić rachunki
 * Portuguese: pagar as contas
 * Russian: плати́ть по счета́м
 * Spanish: pagar las cuentas
 * Thai: