Meaning of keep the home fires burning | Babel Free

Definitions

To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.

colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“We got our water from a pump in the backyard and there is no domestic fatigue indoors or out-of-doors that I have not done continuously, not for fun but to keep the home fires burning.”

“While the military has moved to gender-neutral language in all its official descriptions of the "spouses" who keep the home fires burning during deployments […]”

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