KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR

Meaning of KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR in English

keep us fed, prevent hunger

This check will keep the wolf from the door. We can buy food.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR — prevent hunger and poverty
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR — have enough money to avert hunger or destitution. → wolf
Concise Oxford English vocab
KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR — ( informal ) to have enough money to avoid going hungry; to stop sb feeling hungry
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR — keep us fed, prevent hunger This cheque will keep the wolf from the door. We can buy food.
English Idioms vocab
KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR — бороться с нищетой, перебиваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
KEEP THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR — бороться с нищетой, перебиваться
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
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
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
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
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
WOLF — n. dire wolf Sacks Oliver Wolf Tasmanian wolf wolf spider Wolf Christa Wolf Hugo Filipp Jakob
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOLF — n. Any of three extant species of canine . The gray, or timber, wolf ( Canis lupus ) is the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WOLF
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Slang English vocab
KEEP — INDEX: to keep/continue to have 1. to keep something and not sell it or give or throw it away 2. …
Longman Activator English vocab
WOLF — n. 25B6; noun . See list. 25B6; verb DEVOUR, gobble (up), guzzle, gulp down, bolt; informal put away, demolish, shovel …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEP — v. 1 retain, hold, hang on to, preserve, conserve, have, save, maintain, control The difficulty is not in making money …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOOR — See: AT DEATH'S DOOR, AT ONE'S DOOR, CLOSED-DOOR, CLOSE ITS DOORS, CLOSE THE DOOR or BAR THE DOOR or SHUT …
Словарь английских идиом
WOLF — There can be little doubt that the wolf of Palestine is the common Canis lupus, and that this is the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WOLF
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