What is the figurative meaning of Keep the wolf from the door?
Note
Keep the wolf from the door means earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty. This answer is correct because the expression has a fixed figurative meaning in English. In an SSC idiom question, students should match the whole phrase with its accepted meaning rather than translate each word separately.
- Classroom example: Keep the wolf from the door can refer to a situation involving earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty.
- Story example: A writer may use Keep the wolf from the door when describing a situation involving earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty.
- Exam example: When a sentence contains Keep the wolf from the door, choose the meaning “earn enough to avoid hunger or poverty.”
