Since their mother died, Mary and her brother keep house for their father.
Bob and Nancy keep house these days.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
keep house — ► keep house run a household. Main Entry: ↑house … English terms dictionary
keep house — index inhabit, occupy (take possession) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
keep house — phrasal 1. : to occupy or maintain a separate house or establishment as opposed to living with parents or relatives or boarding out is married and keeping house 2. Brit : to remain secluded at home to evade creditors * * * keep house To maintain… … Useful english dictionary
keep house — verb To take care of domestic chores; work as a housekeeper. So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said… … Wiktionary
keep house(2) — also[play house] {v. phr.}, {informal} To live together without being married. * /Bob and Nancy keep house these days./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep house(2) — also[play house] {v. phr.}, {informal} To live together without being married. * /Bob and Nancy keep house these days./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep house(1) — {v. phr.} To do the necessary things in a household; do the cooking and cleaning. * /Since their mother died, Mary and her brother keep house for their father./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep house(1) — {v. phr.} To do the necessary things in a household; do the cooking and cleaning. * /Since their mother died, Mary and her brother keep house for their father./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep house (for someone) — phrase to be responsible for cooking meals and cleaning a house for someone Thesaurus: to do houseworksynonym Main entry: house … Useful english dictionary
keep house — look after a house or a household She has been keeping house for her father while he is sick … Idioms and examples
