keep the wolf (wolves) from the door

[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 something to keep the wolves from the door."/ Compare: KEEP BODY AND SOUL TOGETHER.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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