at bay

Etymology
From.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Unable to come closer; at a distance.
 * 2)  Cornered; unable to flee.
 * 3)  Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned : standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground.
 * 1)  Cornered; unable to flee.
 * 2)  Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned : standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground.
 * 1)  Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned : standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground.
 * 1)  Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned : standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground.
 * 1)  Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned : standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground.
 * 1)  Of an animal, especially a docile animal in contrast to a predatory animal which would be blazoned : standing, in profile toward dexter, with all four feet on the ground.

Usage notes

 * Usually modifying the verb "keep" - "she kept that angry customer at bay"

Translations

 * Dutch: op afstand
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: auf Abstand
 * Greek: σε απόσταση
 * Polish: trzymany na dystans, trzymany na bezpieczną odległość
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: la distanță
 * Serbo-Croatian: na distanci
 * Spanish: a raya


 * Dutch: in het nauw
 * Finnish: ahdistettuna nurkkaan, kurissa, selkä seinää vasten
 * French:
 * German: in Schach (halten), in die Enge (treiben), in die Ecke (drängen)
 * Polish: zapędzony w kozi róg, trzymany w szachu
 * Romanian: în șah,