tread water

Significado

1. 1

   to keep yourself vertical in deep water by moving your arms and legs

2. 2

   to make no progress while you are waiting for sth to happen

En las películas · 3

• Ten years of treading water.Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
• Dream's always been Formula One, but it feels like I'm just kind of treading water.The Art of Racing in the Rain2019
• -You kids can tread water? - Yeah!Holidate2020

De la misma entrada

• tread carefully, warily
• tread a difficult, dangerous, solitary, path
• tread on heels
• tread on toes
• fools rush in
• walk a fine line
• tread a tightrope