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head above water, keep one's
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Idioms and Phrases
Stay out of trouble, especially financial difficulties; also, keep up with work or other demands. For example, With new bills coming in every day they're barely keeping their heads above water , or The work's piling up, but I manage to keep my head above water . This expression alludes to keeping oneself from drowning. [Early 1700s] Also see in deep .Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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