"get your head above water" 怎么发音

expression

US

GET yur HED uh-BUV WAW-ter

UK

GET yaw HED uh-BUV WAW-tuh

释义

To finally manage to survive or cope, especially after being in a difficult situation like financial trouble or stress. It means you can just manage to get by or escape your problems for now.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈɡɛt/, /ˈɡɪt/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈhɛd/ /əˈbəv/ /ˈwɔtɝ

英式英语

ɡˈɛt/ /jˈɔː/ /hˈɛd/ /əbˈʌv/ /wˈɔːtɐ

简化发音

美式

GET yur HED uh-BUV WAW-ter

英式

GET yaw HED uh-BUV WAW-tuh

语境中听

After months of job searching, I finally got my head above water.

It's hard to get your head above water when you have so many bills to pay.

She worked two jobs to get her head above water.

I feel like no matter how hard I try, I can't get my head above water.