to have sufficient money to prevent starvation or hunger
to do something that lets one to escape death by small margin
to maintain itself at the lowest level in order to avoid hunger or cold, etcetera
defend against financial or starvation devastation
refers to successfully arrange food and other essential things for family and itself
Both the man and his wife must work long hours just to keep the wolf from the door.
She can barely keep the wolf from the door with the help of such a small shop in town.
My grandfather told me that he had worked hard even when he was not physically fit to keep the wolf from the door.
During the recession most of the Americans were finding it difficult to keep the wolf from the door.
That beautiful lady is the mother of 3 kids and earns money by illegitimate means to keep the wolf from the door.
There is no origin for this idiom
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