keep the home fires burning

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community. colloquial,idiomatic
    — We got our water from a pump in the backyard and there is no domestic fatigue indoors or out-of-doors that I have not done continuously, not for fun but to keep the home fires burning.

词形变化

keeps the home fires burning present,singular,third-person keeping the home fires burning participle,present kept the home fires burning participle,past kept the home fires burning past

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.
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