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the wolf is at the door

the wolf is at the door phrase: poverty or financial trouble is threatening someone.

Phrase

the wolf is at the door

  1. Poverty or financial trouble is threatening someone.

Questions about the wolf is at the door

What does the wolf is at the door mean?
The wolf is at the door means poverty or financial trouble is threatening someone.
What part of speech is the wolf is at the door?
The wolf is at the door is a phrase.

Words near the wolf is at the door in the dictionary

  1. the whole shop
  2. the whole while
  3. the whole world
  4. the whole world and his dog
  5. the winner takes it all
  6. the wolf is at the door
  7. the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature
  8. the word is go
  9. the world and his wife
  10. the world is one's lobster
  11. the world is someone's oyster

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