keep house

keep house
хозяйничать, вести домашнее хозяйство, заниматься домашним хозяйством (отсюда housekeeper экономка, домоправительница; housekeeping домашнее хозяйство)

She kept house well, was a good cook and punctual, but neither did nor said anything out of the ordinary. (W. Du Bois, ‘Worlds of Color’, ch. XV) — Дом миссис Джейкобс содержала в образцовом порядке, умела хорошо и вкусно готовить, но никогда в жизни она не высказала ни одной яркой мысли и вообще не сделала ничего замечательного.

‘Look here, Mister! I told you three times it's forbidden to talk to the witnesses!..’ ‘But she's my mother-in-law! She keeps house for me.’ (S. Heym, ‘Goldsborough’, ch. 2) — - Слушайте, мистер! я вам в третий раз повторяю: со свидетелями разговаривать воспрещается!.. - Да она же моя теща! Она у меня хозяйство ведет.

Why don't you leave town and get a job keeping house for somebody out in the county? Nobody in Agricola is going to give you work. (E. Caldwell, ‘The Sure Hand of God’, ch. 2) — Почему бы вам не уехать из города и не устроиться экономкой? В Агриколе вам работы не дадут.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • 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 — I. 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. II. v. phr. informal To live together without being married. Bob and Nancy keep house… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • 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


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