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单词 keep the wolf from the door
释义

keep the wolf from the door

phrase [VERB inflects]
If you keep the wolf from the door, you succeed in providing food and other necessary things for yourself or your family.
[informal]
A lot of the lads took small jobs to help keep the wolf from the door.
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keep the wolf from the door in British English

to ward off starvation or privation
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keep the wolf from the door in American English

to provide the necessities of life in sufficient quantity to prevent privation
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keep the wolf from the door

to provide you with enough money to live on
Your pension will keep the wolf from the door, but for a comfortable old age youneed to make maximum use of the financial choices now open to you.

Examples of 'keep the wolf from the door' in a sentence
keep the wolf from the door

This keeps the wolves from the door and allows individuals time to sort themselves out.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That ought to keep the wolf from the door for a while.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
No one knows if he has enough cash to keep the wolf from the door.
The Sun (2008)
They fought one battle to keep the wolves from the door during last summer's transfer window.
The Sun (2016)
I just want something to keep the wolf from the door.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
To keep the wolves from the door I have been making nominal, monthly payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It keeps the wolf from the door, which is good because it means I actually have a door.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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