wolf at the door

wolf at the/(one's) door

1. A creditor or moneylender looking for repayment. I've had the wolves at my door ever since I took out that idiotic payday loan a year ago. With so many wolves at our door, I think I need to get a better paying job soon.
2. Any impending or imminent source of danger, disaster, or ruin. This market trend is becoming wildly unsustainable and erratic, and this wolf at the door could threaten to plunge us into another recession. That country is not our ally—it is a wolf at our door, waiting for its opportunity to strike.
See also: door, wolf
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wolf at the door

Creditors or a creditor.
See also: door, wolf
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • wolf at the/(one's) door
  • pay in someone's own coin, to
  • be on the door
  • puddinghead
  • door to door
  • door-to-door
  • from door to door
  • answer the door
  • The wolf is at the door
  • the wolf is at the/(one's) door
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