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Keep your head above water What does Keep your head above water mean?	If you are just managing to survive financially, you are keeping your head above water.
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well up in years What does "well up in years" mean?	old	My father is well up in years but he is very healthy.

in the hole What does "in the hole" mean?	having a score lower than zero in a game	At the beginning of the game we were in the hole but later we began to do well.
Take the fall What does "Take the fall" mean?	If you tall the fall, you accept the blame and possibly the punishment for another's wrongdoing, with the implication that the true culprit, for political or other reasons, cannot be exposed as guilty (accompanied by a public suspicion that a reward of some sort may follow).
cock of the walk What does "cock of the walk" mean?	someone who thinks that he or she is more important than others in a group	The supervisor thinks that he is cock of the walk and can do anything that he wants.
call for (someone or something) What does "call for (someone or something)" mean?	to require something, to need the services of someone	Our problems with the toilet call for a good plumber.
rub elbows/shoulders with (someone) What does "rub elbows/shoulders with (someone)" mean?	be in the same place as others, meet and mix with others	We went to the party in order to rub shoulders with some interesting artists.
tube steak What does "tube steak" mean?	hotdog

go from bad to worse What does "go from bad to worse" mean?	to get worse, to deteriorate	Things are going from bad to worse in our company.
sit up with (someone) What does "sit up with (someone)" mean?	to stay with someone (a sick person) during the night	My mother had to sit up all night because my younger sister was very sick.
take the chequered flag What does "take the chequered flag" mean?	finish first in a race (from the flag that is used in car racing when the winner finishes the race)	finish first in a race (from the flag that is used in car racing when the winner finishes the race)The Brazilian driver took the chequered flag for the third time this year.
you are only young once What does "you are only young once" mean?	enjoy life while you are young and before you must face the responsibilities of life	The young man's grandmother believed that you are only young once and encouraged her grandson to do many new things in his life.
seeing is believing What does "seeing is believing" mean?	one must believe something that one sees	Seeing is believing and I did not believe the price of the car until I actually saw it.

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Keep Your Head Above Water Idiom