keep your head above water

For many months, betting on commodities, while betting against the US dollar and the stock of US banks, was a great way to keep your head above water.

多个月来，做多大宗商品并做空美元和美国的银行股，是一种让你保持盈利的极佳策略。

The cost of living is now so high that you need to earn a good income just to keep your head above water.

生活费用现在是如此之高，必须要有很好的收入才得以维持生活。

your supervisor is too demanding and you just can't keep your head above water. you know you'll never get her to change.

上司要求太高，你应付不了。你知道自己无法让她做出改变。

A person's income is the money that they earn or receive 。 The cost of living is now so high that you need to earn a good income just to keep your head above water.

现在生活费用太高了，你需要有相当的收入才能勉强维持生活。

Anyone who can swim understands that to breathe, it is necessary to keep your head above the water even if the rest of your body is submerged.

任何会游泳的人都知道，游泳时要保持呼吸。必须把头露出水面，即使你身体的其它部分已被淹没。

For inspiration and practical advice for succeeding in life after failure or knock-out punches, click on This is Not the Life I Ordered: 50 Ways to Keep Your Head Above Water When Life Keeps Dragging You Down by Deborah Collins Stephens et al.

如果想在挫折和失败时获得成功人生的激励及实用性建议，请参考Deborah Collins Stephens等人的著作《这不是我要的人生：当生活把你拖下水时保持浮出水面的50种方法》。

To keep your head above water is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt.

Tokeepyourheadabovewater(避免破产;保住自己)是一种饶有趣味的表达方法,意思是stayingoutofdebt(力求免于欠债).

"To keep your head above water" is a colorful expression that means staying out of debt.

“To keep your head above water”是一种饶有趣味的表达，意思是避免负债。