keep the wolf from the door如何读

美 [kip ði wʊlf frʌm ði dɔr]

keep the wolf from the door是什么意思

  • 释义

    免于饥饿，勉强度日；

    • keep the wolf from the door英英释义

    idiom

    to have or earn enough money to afford things (such as food and clothing) that is needed to live

    They make just enough to keep the wolf from the door.

    keep the wolf from the door 例句

    1 His 14 novels were written at speed to keep the wolf from the door, and, at his lowest ebb, the jailers at bay.

    keep the wolf from the door 同义词

    1 勉强维持生计

    make ends meet scrape along scrape by

    2 勉强度日

    eke out

    3 糊口

    scrape by on scrape by

    4 勉强过活

    get by

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