keep the pot boiling

English

Verb

keep the pot boiling

To maintain one's livelihood; to continue to procure the necessities of living.
To keep going on actively, as in certain games.
- 1969, Terence Reese, Albert Dormer, How to play a better game of bridge (page 42)
  Of course, you intend to reach game eventually; on the next round you can keep the pot boiling with Three Diamonds.
- 1982, David Sidney Parlett, The Penguin book of word games (page 55)
  These are in the nature of party games intended for fun rather than competition, though part of the fun may well consist in imposing forfeits on players who fail to keep the pot boiling.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for keep the pot boiling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

单词	keep the pot boiling
释义	keep the pot boiling English Verb keep the pot boiling To maintain one's livelihood; to continue to procure the necessities of living. To keep going on actively, as in certain games. 1969, Terence Reese, Albert Dormer, How to play a better game of bridge (page 42) Of course, you intend to reach game eventually; on the next round you can keep the pot boiling with Three Diamonds. 1982, David Sidney Parlett, The Penguin book of word games (page 55) These are in the nature of party games intended for fun rather than competition, though part of the fun may well consist in imposing forfeits on players who fail to keep the pot boiling. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for keep the pot boiling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
随便看	plasmalogeno plasmalogens plasmals plasma membrane plasmamembrane plasma membranes plasmamembranes plasmamini plasmammo plasmamos plasmamur plasmamus plasman plasmanate plasmanates plasmanda plasmandae plasmandam plasmandarum plasmandas plasmande plasmandi plasmandis plasmando plasmandorum