head\ above\ water

head\ above\ water
n. phr.
out of difficulty; clear of trouble.

How are your marks at school? Are you keeping your head above water?

Business at the store is bad. they can't keep their heads above water.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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