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单词 a roof over one's head
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a roof over one's head
P1. colloquial. a roof over one's head: a place to live, a home; shelter.
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1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 143 Though he [sc. Christ] have a hoomely roofe over his head, the East observes his approach.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. Pref. p. x He..was a his wits'-end how to wipe off the score and keep a roof over his head.
1898 Cosmopolitan Aug. 402/2 It will keep a genteel roof over my head here in London, or a small house and a pony-trap in the country.
1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier iv. 52 People will put up with anything..simply to get a roof over their heads.
1995 I. Banks Whit (1996) xiv. 230 Putting three decades of swart and toil into the place for no more reward than a roof over their heads and food in their bellies.
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