"wolf at the door" meaning in All languages combined

See wolf at the door on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-wolf at the door.oga [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} wolf at the door
  1. poverty, hunger, or financial trouble that is threatening someone
    Sense id: en-wolf_at_the_door-en-noun-kweAPJqK
  2. something imminently threatening in general
    Sense id: en-wolf_at_the_door-en-noun-q4qk5SuX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: keep the wolf from the door, the wolf is at the door

Download JSON data for wolf at the door meaning in All languages combined (1.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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