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 Swift Swift December 15, 2010 December 15, 2010 at 11:26:29 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Keeping the wolf from the door: Warding off starvation; having just enough money to be able to eat and live.

http://www.answers.com/topic/ke...-from-the-door
http://dictionary.cambridge.org...-from-the-door

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We are trying to keep the wolf from the door.

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