Meaning:
To have enough money to be able to ward off poverty or hunger.
Examples:
- Yes, well it does keep the wolf from the door, so to speak.
- It does keep the wolf from the door.
- These days it's hard to keep the wolf from the door.
- I just do this to keep the wolf from the door.
- Until one day, when money was no longer enough to keep the wolf from the door.
- It was a way to feed yourself, a way to feed your family to keep the wolf from the door.
- Keep the wolf from the door.