to boil the pot (also to make the pot boil): to provide one's livelihood (cf. potboiler, n. 1, potwaller, n.). Similarly to keep the pot boiling…
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| 释义 | society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > provide one's livelihood (2) to keep the pot boiling1661 to boil the pot (also to make the pot boil): to provide one's livelihood (cf. potboiler, n. 1, potwaller, n.). Similarly to keep the pot boiling… to boil the pot1808 Phrases. to boil the pot: to supply one's livelihood. So to keep the pot boiling: also = to keep anything going. Cf. pot, n.1 |
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