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keep one's head above water

To survive or endure, especially in a situation in which one is struggling to avoid being overwhelmed by adverse financial circumstances.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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den Kopf über Wasser halten

保持头脑清醒

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keep one's cards close to one's chestkeep one on one's toeskeep outkeep one's mouth shutkeep on truckin'keep one's fingers crossedkeep on truckinkeep onkeep oneself to oneselfkeep one's coolkeep on truckingkeep one's chin upkeep one's head downkeep one's pants on

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