English Dictionary

keep one's head above water

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To survive or endure, especially in a situation in which one is struggling to avoid being overwhelmed by adverse financial circumstances.

日本語の意味

経済的な困難に直面している状況などで、なんとか生計を立てる、あるいは生き延びることを意味します。 / 特に厳しい環境や逆境の中で、苦労しながらも生活を維持するという意味です。

To keep one's head above water, freelancers often juggle several clients and maintain strict budgets.

何とか生活をやりくりするために、フリーランサーはしばしば複数のクライアントを掛け持ちし、厳しい予算管理をします。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To survive or endure, especially in a situation in which one is struggling to avoid being overwhelmed by adverse financial circumstances.

Blessed be God that ministreth ever some comfort to sweeten the calamities of life, and to keep the soul from fainting, to keep the head above water, that the deep waters swallow us not up.

keeps one's head above water （ present singular third-person ）

keeping one's head above water （ participle present ）

kept one's head above water （ participle past ）

kept one's head above water （ past ）