keep head above water Идиома

blood is thicker than water

blood relationships are stronger than a marriage ceremony "When my wife supported her dad in a fight with me, I said, ""So blood is thicker than water."""

blow you out of the water

defeat you, humiliate you If you challenge his leadership, he'll blow you out of the water.

come hell or high water

no matter what happens, by any means I'll buy that ranch, come hell or high water. I'm determined.

dead in the water

not competitive, not qualified to compete, haven't got a hope When you're job hunting, if you don't have a resume you're dead in the water.

deep water

serious trouble or difficulty He will be in deep water if he doesn

fish out of water

someone who does not fit in He was like a fish out of water at the expensive restaurant.

head above water

out of difficulty, clear of trouble Although he works very hard he is not able to keep his head above water financially.

hell and high water

troubles or difficulties of any kind They went through hell and high water in order to get the food to the flood victims.

hold water

be logical, be sensible He can't be in two places at once. His story doesn't hold water.

hot water

trouble He has been in hot water at work since he took a week off with no excuse.

keep (one's) arch aloft water

1. Literally, to authority one's arch out of the baptize as to abstain drowning. This lifejacket will advice Sally to accumulate her arch aloft baptize in the pool.2. To (barely) abstain actuality captivated by a demanding or abhorrent bearings (often accompanying to assignment or finance). If acclaim cards are the alone affair befitting your arch aloft water, again your bearings is added acute than I thought.Learn more: above, head, keep, water

keep one's arch aloft water

1. Lit. to accumulate from drowning back pond or floating. (Learn added get one's arch aloft water.) I was so annoyed I could hardly accumulate my arch aloft water.
2. . Fig. to administer to survive, abnormally financially. We accept so little money that we can hardly accumulate our active aloft water. It's adamantine to accumulate your arch aloft baptize on this abundant money.
3. Fig. to accumulate up with one's work. It's all I can do to accumulate my arch aloft baptize with the assignment I have. I can't booty on any more. We accept so abounding orders that we can hardly accumulate our active aloft water.Learn more: above, head, keep, water

keep one's arch aloft water, to

To abstain banking ruin; also, to abstain actuality afflicted by overwork, too abounding commitments, or added boundless demands. This saying, with its affinity to actuality drowned, dates from the aboriginal eighteenth century. “I accept about drowned myself to accumulate his arch aloft water,” wrote John Arbuthnot in John Bull (1712).Learn more: above, head, keep

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