keep your head above water

keep your head above water
Keep your head above water
If you are just managing to survive financially, you are keeping your head above water.

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  • keep your head above water — informal phrase 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 moneysynonym Main entry: head * * * keep you …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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.   (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

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