“Sing for your supper”

S1Ep7: Kiss and Tell

RORY: OK, the whole concept a free soda is that it’s free, you don’t have to work for it.
DEAN: Sorry you gotta sing for your supper.

To sing for your supper means to provide a service for someone in order to earn a favour from them. The saying is well known from the 18th century English nursery rhyme Little Tommy Tucker, although it was in use before that.

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  1. Please write more posts like this about the Gilmore’s! They are very useful. I use this information to learn English and improve my writing (:

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