KEEP THE WOLF (WOLVES) FROM THE DOOR

Meaning of KEEP THE WOLF (WOLVES) FROM THE DOOR in English

v. phr. To avoid hunger, poverty, and/or creditors. "I don't like my job," Mike complained, "but I must do something to keep the wolves from the door."

Compare: KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER.

American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012

KEEP THE WOLF (WOLVES) FROM THE DOOR — {v. phr.} To avoid hunger, poverty, and/or creditors. * /"I don't like my job," Mike complained, "but I must do …
Slang English vocab
KEEP THE WOLF (WOLVES) FROM THE DOOR — {v. phr.} To avoid hunger, poverty, and/or creditors. * /"I don't like my job," Mike complained, "but I must do …
Словарь английских идиом
WOLF — I Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Английский словарь Британика
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves -lvz ; see sense 1 ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEP
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOLVES — plural of wolf
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FROM — _f(r)əm, _f ə m, |främ, |frəm, _främ preposition Etymology: Middle English fram, from, from Old English; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOOR — ˈdō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English dor, from Old English, door, gate & Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WOLVES — (n.) pl. of Wolf.
Английский словарь Webster
WOLVES — (pl. ) of Wolf
Английский словарь Webster
WOLVES — ( pl. ) of Wolf
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLVES — ( n. ) pl. of Wolf.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLVES — /woolvz/ , n. pl. of wolf .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLF — — wolflike , adj. /woolf/ , n. , pl. wolves /woolvz/ , v. n. 1. any of several large carnivorous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEP — — keepable , adj. — keepability , n. /keep/ , v. , kept, keeping , n. v.t. 1. to hold …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOOR — — doorless , adj. /dawr, dohr/ , n. 1. a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WOLF — I. ˈwu̇lf noun ( plural wolves ˈwu̇lvz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wulf; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEP — I. ˈkēp verb ( kept ˈkept ; keep·ing ) Etymology: Middle English kepen, from Old English cēpan; perhaps akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WOLVES — noun ·pl of wolf. 2. wolves ·pl of wolf.
Webster English vocab
WOLF — adj a willying machine. 2. wolf ·adj an eating ulcer or sore. ·cf. lupus. 3. wolf ·adj a white worm, …
Webster English vocab
KEEP — vt to have habitually in stock for sale. 2. keep ·noun that which is kept in charge; a charge. 3. …
Webster English vocab
WOLVES — plural form of wolf .
Concise Oxford English vocab
WOLF — [wolf] n, pl wolves often attrib [ME, fr. OE wulf; akin to OHG wolf wolf, L lupus, Gk lykos] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEP — [keep] vb kept ; keep.ing [ME kepen, fr. OE cepan; perh. akin to OHG chapfen to look] vt (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WOLF — Gray wolf (Canis lupus). either of two species of wild doglike carnivores of the family Canidae. The gray, or timber, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOOR — barrier of wood, stone, metal, glass, paper, leaves, hides, or a combination of materials, installed to swing, fold, slide, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
WOLVES — wolves BrE AmE wʊlvz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WOLVES — pl. of wolf
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLF — / wʊlf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. wolves / wʊlvz; NAmE /) a large wild animal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — / kiːp; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( kept , kept / kept; NAmE /) STAY 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROM — / frəm; strong form frɒm; NAmE frʌm; frɑːm/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of from in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — / dɔː(r); NAmE / noun 1. a piece of wood, glass, etc. that is opened and closed so that people …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLVES — wolves /wʊlvz/ BrE AmE the plural of ↑ wolf
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOLF — I. wolf 1 /wʊlf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural wolves /wʊlvz/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wulf ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KEEP — I. keep 1 S1 W1 /kiːp/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle kept /kept/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FROM — from S1 W1 /frəm; strong frɒm $ frəm strong frʌm, frɑːm/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOOR
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOLVES — pl. of WOLF.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KEEP
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1 a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WOLVES — pl. of WOLF.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOLF — n. & v. n. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KEEP
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1 a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOOR — n. 1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WOLVES — pl. of WOLF.
Oxford English vocab
WOLF — n. & v. --n. (pl. wolves) 1. a wild flesh-eating tawny-grey mammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying …
Oxford English vocab
KEEP
Oxford English vocab
FROM — prep. expressing separation or origin, followed by: 1. a person, place, time, etc., that is the starting-point of motion or …
Oxford English vocab
DOOR — n.1 a a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier for closing and opening an entrance to a building, room, cupboard, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
WOLVES — Wolves is the plural of wolf .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLF — ( wolves, wolfs, wolfing, wolfed) 1. A wolf is a wild animal that looks like a large dog. N-COUNT 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP — ( keeps, keeping, kept) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FROM — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOOR — ( doors) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A door is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOLVES — Wolves is the plural of wolf .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WOLF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES wolf whistle COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bad ▪ As shadows start to threaten …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FROM
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KEEP — (STAY) [verb] [past:] kept - to (cause to) stay in a particular place or conditionI wish you'd keep quiet. [L …
Cambridge English vocab
DOOR — [noun] [C] - a flat, usually rectangular, object, often fixed at one edge, that is used to close the entrance …
Cambridge English vocab

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