Phrases related to: swim

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I can't swim	Indicates the speaker does not know how to swim.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
in the swim	Actively participating in the flow of events; very involved.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sink or swim	To fail or succeed, no matter what.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Sink or Swim	To be responsible or get failed or success for one’s own actions without involving anybody	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
swim like a brick	not able to swim	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
swim like a fish	To be a very strong swimmer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
swim upstream	To opt for a difficult course of action when a simpler or safer alternative is available; to make an unwise decision against sound advice.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
swim with sharks	To operate among dangerous people.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
swim with sharks	To take a huge risk.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
swim with the sharks	flirt with danger	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
marche ou crève	comparable to the English idiom sink or swim	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nager entre deux eaux	(lit.) To swim under water; (fig.) To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
qui a bu n'a point de secrets	When wine sinks, words swim; In vino veritas; Drink washes off the daub, and discovers the man; What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)