swim Idioma

in the swim

active in or knowing what is going on He is definitely in the swim. He has information about everybody.

sink or swim

fail or succeed by your own efforts He will have to sink or swim when he begins his new job.

swim against the tide/current

do the opposite of what most people want to do He is always swimming against the tide and never wants to do what his friends are doing.

out of the swim

not doing what others are doing；not active in business or social affairs不熟悉情况；不合潮流
We're new to the district and out of the swim．我们是新来这个地区的，情况还不熟悉。
The toy manufacturer who is out of the swim will lose money．玩具制造商如果赶不上潮流，就要亏本。

swim against the tide

Idiom(s): swim against the tide AND swim against the current

Theme: OPPOSITION

to do the opposite of everyone else; to go against the trend.
• Bob tends to do what everybody else does. He isn't likely to swim against the tide.
• Mary always swims against the current. She's a very contrary person.

out of the swim of things

Idiom(s): out of the swim of things

Theme: INVOLVEMENT - LACKING

not in the middle of activity; not involved in things. (Informal.)
• While I had my cold, I was out of the swim of things.
• I've been out of the swim of things for a few weeks. Please bring me up to date.

make one's head swim

Idiom(s): make someone's head swim AND make someone's head spin (2)

Theme: CONFUSION

2. to confuse or overwhelm someone.
• All these numbers make my head swim.
• The physics lecture made my head spin.

in the swim of things

Idiom(s): in the swim of things

Theme: INVOLVEMENT

involved in or participating in events or happenings. (The in can be replaced with into.)
• I've been ill, but soon I'll be back in the swim of things.
• I can't wait to settle down and get into the swim of things.

swim against the current

Swim with the fishes

If someone is swimming with the fishes, they are dead, especially if they have been murdered. 'Sleep with the fishes' is an alternative form.

Swim with the tide

If you swim with the tide, you do the same as people around you and accept the general consensus. ('Go with the tide' is an alternative form.)

Swimmingly

If things are going swimmingly, they are going very well.

in the swim|swim

adj. phr. Doing the same things that other people are doing; following the fashion (as in business or social affairs); busy with what most people are doing. Jim found some college friends at the lake that summer, and soon was in the swim of things. Mary went to New York with introductions to writers and artists, and that winter she was quite in the swim.
Antonym: OUT OF THE SWIM.

out of the swim|out|swim

adj. phr. Not doing what others are doing; not active in business or social affairs. Mary had to stay home and take care of Mother while she was sick, and soon felt out of the swim. The toy manufacturer who is out of the swim will lose money.
Antonym: IN THE SWIM.

sink or swim|sink|swim

v. phr. To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you don't work hard to succeed. When Joe was fourteen, his parents died, and he was left by himself to sink or swim. Tom's new job was confusing and no one had time to help him learn, so he had to sink or swim.

swim against the current|against the current|again

v. phr. To do the opposite of what most people want to do; go against the way things are happening; struggle upstream. The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream.

swim

swim
In addition to the idioms beginning with swim, also see in the swim; sink or swim.
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- swim against the current
- swim with the tide