keep\ the\ home\ fires\ burning

keep\ the\ home\ fires\ burning
v. phr.
To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back.

While John was in the army, Mary kept the home fires burning.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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  • keep the home fires burning — {v. phr.} To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back. * /While John was in the army, Mary kept the home fires burning./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • keep the home fires burning — {v. phr.} To keep things going as usual while someone is away; wait at home to welcome someone back. * /While John was in the army, Mary kept the home fires burning./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Keep the Home Fires Burning — may refer to one of the following two songs:*Keep the Home Fires Burning (2000 song), a song by The Bluetones; *Keep the Home Fires Burning (1915 song), a song written by Ivor Novello …   Wikipedia

  • keep the home fires burning — keep things going as usual while someone is away Don t worry about anything. I will stay home and keep the home fires burning while you are on your holiday …   Idioms and examples

  • keep the home fires burning — to keep your home pleasant and in good order while people who usually live with you are away, especially at war. They relied on their wives and sweethearts to keep the home fires burning when they marched off to war …   New idioms dictionary

  • Keep the Home Fires Burning (2000 song) — Infobox Single | Name = Keep the Home Fires Burning Artist = The Bluetones from Album = Science Nature Released = 2000 Format = CD, Cassette, 7 Recorded = Genre = Length = Label = Producer = Chart position = * #13 (UK) Last single = 4 Day Weekend …   Wikipedia

  • Keep the Home Fires Burning (1915 song) — Infobox Standard title=Keep the Home Fires Burning comment=( Till the Boys Come Home) image size= caption=Sheet music cover (1915) writer= composer=Lena Guilbert Ford lyricist=Ivor Novello published= written=1915 language=English form= original… …   Wikipedia

  • keep the home fires burning — verb To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community …   Wiktionary

  • Home Fires — from the expression keep the home fires burning , is a common title for artistic works:* Home Fires , a Canadian dramatic television series in the early 1980s, * Home Fires , an album by Kasey Chambers, * Home Fires , a Star Trek novel published …   Wikipedia

  • Home Fires (TV series) — Home Fires was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBC Television from 1980 to 1982. It was a family saga set in Toronto during World War II, and took its name from the expression keep the home fires burning .The cast included… …   Wikipedia

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