单词 | to keep one's head above water |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep (also hold, etc.) one's head above water t. to keep (also hold, etc.) one's head above water and variants: to keep oneself out of difficulty, esp. debt or financial ruin. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (intransitive)] able to tine or win1340 to have (also get) beforehand1526 to keep (also hold, etc.) one's head above water1608 to pay one's way1786 ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. X1v Still I swimme In Sorrowes Seas... I scarse can keepe me Head aboue the Waues With all my Laboures, my Starres are so crosse!] 1608 E. Grimeston in tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands xvi. 1336 They..remayned no longer constant therein [sc. in a truce], but vntill that their countriemen and those of the religion had gotten their heads aboue water, and taken breath. 1627 J. Rogers Doctr. Faith 115 The Gospell..staies him from sinking under his burden, from despaire, and keepes his head above water. 1665 J. Wilson Projectors i. 4 To beget an opinion in him that I had great dealings in the world; when yet I have found enough to do, to keep my head above water. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. x. 165 There are many who I fancy believe that..my Pockets..are lined with Bank-Bills; but I assure you, you are all mistaken... If I can hold my Head above Water, it is all I can. 1772 W. O'Brien Cross Purposes i. i. 5 I believe we must marry somebody; we can't keep our heads above water much longer if we do not. 1830 Reg. Deb. Congr. U.S. VI. 902/2 The manufacturers are so depressed, that they can scarce hold their heads above water. 1866 E. Tuckett Beaten Tracks 221 The prices of everything are raised, and it is difficult to get along at all with your head above water. 1901 W. Hargreaves Lost & Found! v. 32 As for saving, it is all I can do to keep my head above water and make ends meet. 1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner viii. 114 She struggled to keep her head above water, and to appear as if she had nothing on her mind. 2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 8 Dec. 30/7 It has taken four-and-a-half years of shiftwork to get our heads above water. < as lemmas |
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