"At bay" means "at a safe distance." The phrase means that someone or something is holding you off, keeping you from getting close to them.
Bay of smoke
This is not really an idiom. Baying is a continuous barking by hounds. To keep something at bay means to prevent its escape by surrounding it with barking dogs, or by extension, to prevent a problem from getting out of control by maintaining constant vigilance.
Bay means a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward.
Celts would build effigies out of crops, livestock and other offerings to keep the dead at bay. they're sorta like scarecrow.....lets keep it at that.
Laphroaig "Hollow by the Big Bay" Laga'mhor aig.
To keep or refraining them from doing something; to hold them back.
The most effective way to keep armed forces at bay is to simply keep them training and active. Always keep at bay soldiers stimulated so that come call time they are prepared.
it is a saying when two neighbors may be at each other's throats over some issue. When you keep them at bay, you are doing something to keep the peace to keep them away from you.
Bay of smoke of "smokey bay".
He wanted to keep searching .
By cleaning it.
Bay State - 1991 Keep It Together 20-3 was released on: USA: 2009
Green Bay smarts.
If you mean Sligo, then Sligo Bay
If you mean Hudson Bay, its located in Northeastern Canada
A bay might be a good place to keep a boat because a bay is generally sheltered from high winds and heavy waves. A bay is often warmer than the rest of the ocean surrounding it, so it is also an excellent place to fish.
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