To make a decent (honourable) living
Earn a nice amount of money to survive and live a good life without any hardship.
("I was asked about Reuben, who is destitute of his possessions, and has a wife and young children, and he is not satisfied with the means to feed his household with honor, and his father-in-law, Shimon, is rich, and he does not want to give a hand and food to his son-in-law, his wife, and their children, who are able to feed themselves with honor" - Shu't Maharam Minz Sim'an, s.a.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִתְפַּרְנֵס בְּכָבוֹד
Definition (Hebrew)
הִרְוִויחַ סְכוּם כֶּסֶף נָאוֹת כְּדֵי לְהִתְקַיֵּם וְלִחְיוֹת חַיִּים טוֹבִים לְלֹא מְצוּקָה כַּלְכָּלִית.
("נִשְׁאַלְתִּי עַל רְאוּבֵן שֶׁיָּרַד מִנְּכָסָיו, וְיֵשׁ לוֹ אִשָּׁה וּבָנִים קְטַנִּים, וְאֵין לוֹ דֵּי סִפּוּקוֹ שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהַטְרִיף בְּנֵי בֵּיתוֹ בְּכָבוֹד, וְחָמִיו שִׁמְעוֹן עָשִׁיר, וְלֹא רָצָה לִתֵּן יָד וְסַעַד לַחֲתָנוֹ וּלְבִתּוֹ וְיַלְדֵיהֶם שֶׁיְּכוֹלִים לְהִתְפַּרְנֵס בְּכָבוֹד"- שׁוּ"ת מָהָרָ"ם מִינְץ סִימָן סה)