head above water

Antonyms

overland

Examples

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool. Esther Williams

I must learn more about these people―try to understand them, put myself in their place. No, instead I am so busy keeping my head above water that I scarcely know who I am, much less who anyone else is. Sylvia Plath

Basically, in our society, you can never fix anything enough. The minute you get your head above water about one thing, they let you know that 12 other things about you suck. It's like playing 'Self-Esteem Whack-A-Mole.' Lisa Ann Walter

Swimming is easy if someone holds your head above water. Faroese Proverb

Words in the phrase

head above water

Close letter words and terms

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