keep the home fires burning

短语

操持家务,维持家庭生活

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.

    非正式 习语

词源

A reference to keeping campfires, lights, etc. at one's home village burning, often while part of the population travels elsewhere to hunt, etc.

来源：wiktionary