英语翻译
my father often said it was only the hardheaded thriftiness of my grandmother that kept the wolf at bay.
这句话的原文背景是,由于他的祖父是搞音乐的,收入很少,只能勉强够他们一家生活,然后他奶奶比较精明节约.
应该怎么翻译呢?