Why now? Why was I sticking my head above the parapet?

为什么是现在？ 为什么选择站出来面对大众？

On most days you are busy just keeping your head above water.

在大多数时候你只顾着把头保持在水面上。

His shoes dragged him down, and he could barely keep his head above water.

他的鞋把他往水里拽，他几乎不能让他的头伸到水面上了。

" Edward is coming? " The words were like a life vest, holding my head above the flood.

“爱德华要来？”这句话像一件救生衣，把我的脑子从滚滚洪流里拉了出来。

The Pachyrhinosaurus can swim like a dog, holding its head above water and paddling with its feet.

肿鼻角龙能像狗一样游泳，把头部抬出水面用脚来划水。

He lifted his head above the dashboard.

他把头抬到仪表盘上方。

Another expression, to keep your head above water, expresses a similar message.

另一个表达方式，to keep your head above water， 表达了类似的信息。

So, if you keep your head above water, then you are surviving, just.

所以，如果你保持头脑清醒， 那么你就可以生存。

Well, I... I guess I kept my head above water.

我...也就是勉强维持吧。

For years they struggled to keep their heads above water.

【head】多年来他们一直勉强维持着生活。

She was straining to keep her head above the water.

【strain】她竭尽全力将头露出水面。

If you kept your head above the surface, your body would freeze underneath you, and you'd sink right down.

如果你的头保持在水面以上，你的身体就会在你下面冻结， 然后你就会沉下去。

Sometimes there's not enough rain when seedlings need water, or too much when the plants need to keep their heads above water.

有时，当秧苗需要水分时，雨水不足，有时，当稻穗需要露出水面时，雨水又太多。

Must be hard to keep your head above water when your prince is causing everyone around you to drown.

当你的王子把你周围所有的人都拖下水后恐怕你也很难幸免于难了。

So finally I said to myself: 'If you get your head above the crowd, you're going to be criticised.

所以最后我对自己说：‘如果你出类拔萃， 你就会受到批评。

If a family in the community is suffering financially, the whole community rallies around them to try to keep their heads above water.

如果社区中的一个家庭经济困难，那么整个社区都会团结在他们周围，努力使他们脱离困境。

It's not what kind of splash you make when you hit the water. It's how long you can keep your head above that water.

重点不是跳水时你溅起了多少水花，而是你可以持续游多久。

Whether you're in the shallow end or the deep end of the pool, you'll need to keep your head above the water.

无论您是在泳池的浅水区还是深水区，您都需要将头保持在水面以上。

The cotton dress tied itself round his legs, trying to pull him under, and Toad had to fight to keep his head above water.

河水带着他向前流，一会儿把他推到这边，一会儿又推到那边。棉布外套裹住了他的腿，将他向下拽，他不得不挣扎着让头浮在水面上。

And to do that, just to take that one step to walk through the door, to be here, sets your head and shoulders above the rest.

要做到这一点，只要迈出一步，走进大门，来到这里，就可以让你的头和肩膀高于其他人。