Treading water

[Valerii Polkovsky]

derzhat'sia na plavu
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janneke van de Stadt" <Janneke.vandeStadt at WILLIAMS.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 12:33 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Treading water


> Dear colleagues,
> 
> Is there an equivalent in Russian for "to tread water" in the literal  
> sense of being able to stay afloat in water? (I'm less interested in  
> it's figurative meaning of "barely/managing" in some pursuit or  
> other).  None of my dictionaries seem to think so...
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Janneke
> 
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