What does head above water mean?
: to avoid financial failure while having money problems We have so much debt that we’re barely able to keep our heads above water.
What does it mean to be above water?
above the water in British English informal. out of trouble or difficulty, esp financial trouble.
What does head of water mean?
head of water. Water kept to a height by winds, or by artificial dams and sluice-gates. The vertical column which dock-gates have to bear.
What does a head above mean?
If someone or something is head and shoulders above other people or things, he, she, or it is a lot better than them: There’s no competition – they’re head and shoulders above the rest.
What does I can’t keep my head above water?
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.
Is head above water a metaphor?
In the idiom it is a metaphorical drowning. Typically used when you are “drowning” in work or debt.
Are you keeping your head above water?
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.
What does burying your head in sand mean?
bury your head in the sand Definitions and Synonyms phrase. DEFINITIONS1. to ignore a problem or an unpleasant situation and hope that it will disappear. Her parents had been burying their heads in the sand about the problem. Synonyms and related words.
Who sings God’s head above water?
Avril Lavigne
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