keep your head above water
- keep your head above water
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to manage to live or keep a business working even though you are not earning much money
We all have to co-operate just to keep our heads above water.
Thesaurus: to have just enough money
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keep your head above water
: to avoid financial failure while having money problems
We have so much debt that we're barely able to keep our heads above water.
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keep your ˈhead above water idiom
to deal with a difficult situation, especially one in which you have financial problems, and just manage to survive
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I'm not sure how much longer we'll be able to keep our heads above water.
Useful english dictionary.
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keep your head above water — ► to try to manage a difficult situation, especially when it involves a lot of work or a lack of money: »The business has lurched from one financial crisis to another but we have managed to keep our heads above water. Main Entry: ↑head … Financial and business terms
keep your head above water — keep (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 … New idioms dictionary
keep your head above water — If you are just managing to survive financially, you are keeping your head above water … The small dictionary of idiomes
keep your head above water — If you are just managing to survive financially, you are keeping your head above water. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
keep your head above water — survive, have just enough to live, get by With a part time job, I was able to keep my head above water … English idioms
Keep your head above water — If you are just managing to survive financially, you are keeping your head above water … Dictionary of English idioms
keep your head above water — informal to manage to live or keep a business working even though you are not earning much money We all have to co operate just to keep our heads above water … English dictionary
keep one's head above water — {v. phr.} To remain solvent; manage to stay out of debt. * /Herb s income declined so drastically that he now has difficulty keeping his head above water./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep one's head above water — {v. phr.} To remain solvent; manage to stay out of debt. * /Herb s income declined so drastically that he now has difficulty keeping his head above water./ … Dictionary of American idioms
keep head above water — keep (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 … New idioms dictionary
