keep house这个表达是“做家务，料理家务，当家”的意思。

【例句】
He said that he wanted his wife to keep house and not to work in an office.
他说他希望他的太太不工作，专门在家里料理家务。

Mr Brown depended on his daughter to keep house. 
布朗先生依靠他的女儿做家务。