keep your head above water
中文释义
勉强维持生计
To manage to survive financially, especially during tough times.
常用搭配
- barely keep your head above water勉强糊口
- struggle to keep your head above water苦苦支撑
- keep your head above water somehow设法维持
例句
- With two jobs, she barely keeps her head above water.打两份工，她也只是勉强维持生计。
- The shop is keeping its head above water despite the slump.尽管低迷，这家店仍在勉强撑着。