keep the wolf from the door
едва сводить концы с концами, жить очень скромно
Her salary was so small that she could hardly keep the wolf from the door.
Другие идиомы:
- keep (someone) on tenterhooks
- wolf down (something)
- keep an eye out for (someone or something)
- keep one's hands off (someone or something)
- keep (something) down
- keep on (doing something)
- keep one's ear to the ground
- keep the home fires burning
- keep (someone) up
- keep one's opinions to oneself
- keep one's mouth shut
- keep (someone) from (doing something)
- keep up with (someone or something)
- keep one's nose clean
- keep on an even keel