keep the wolf at bay

英文每日一句

1. My father often said* it was only the hardheaded thriftiness of my grandmother that 【kept the wolf at bay 】.
   （A sentence from Life in a Violin Case written by Alexander Bloch）

keep sb/sth at bay：不让某人接近，防止问题更严重
keep the wolf from the door：勉强糊口，不用忍饥挨饿

hardheaded：精明冷静的
thriftiness：节约节俭

宾语从句：say*（that）……
强调句型：it was......that……