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词汇 keep your head above water
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Idiom
keep your head above waterkeep (your) head above water
to have just enough money to live or to continue a business.
With extra income from private sponsorship, the club is just about managing to keep its head above water.
idiomkeep your head above waterto manage to deal with all your problems, work, debts etc, when this is difficult and you almost cannot do it:We need another person to help run this office; at the moment I'm struggling to keep my head above water.The mayor will have to raise taxes next year just to keep the city's head above water.

keep (one's) head above water

1. Literally, to hold one's head out of the water as to avoid drowning. This lifejacket will help Sally to keep her head above water in the pool.
2. To (barely) avoid being consumed by a stressful or unpleasant situation (often related to work or finance). If credit cards are the only thing keeping your head above water, then your situation is more dire than I thought.

keep your head above water

COMMON If you keep your head above water, you have just enough money to live on or to continue with a business. Thousands of small businesses are struggling to keep their heads above water. I need two jobs just to keep my head above water.

keep your head above water

avoid succumbing to difficulties, especially falling into debt.

keep your ˈhead above water

succeed in staying out of debt; manage to deal with tasks, responsibilities, etc: The company had great difficulty keeping its head above water during the economic crisis.I don’t know how she manages to keep her head above water. She has so much to do.
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