With a lousy eight bob, anchormen can support a family (5,4,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
bring home the bacon
'with a lousy eight bob anchormen can support a family' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'with a lousy eight bob anchormen can support a family' is the wordplay.
'eight bob anchormen' can be anagrammed to 'BRING HOME THE BACON'.
However, I'm not clear how the anagram is indicated.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bring home the bacon that I've seen before include "Achieve success" , "Provide material support" , "Accomplish a task (colloq.)" .)