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TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD ABOVE WATER

Definition: TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD ABOVE WATER

TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD ABOVE WATER

1. To keep afloat; fig., to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD ABOVE WATER

Language Translations for "TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD ABOVE WATER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

úszik a víz színén. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay eepkay one'say eadhay aboveay aterway

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: TO KEEP ONE'S HEAD ABOVE WATER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      4B 45 45 50      4F 4E 45 27 53      48 45 41 44      41 42 4F 56 45      57 41 54 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01001011 01000101 01000101 01010000 00100000 01001111 01001110 01000101 00100111 01010011 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01000001 01000010 01001111 01010110 01000101 00100000 01010111 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#75 &#69 &#69 &#80 &#32 &#79 &#78 &#69 &#39 &#83 &#32 &#72 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#32 &#65 &#66 &#79 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#87 &#65 &#84 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      004B 0045 0045 0050      004F 004E 0045 0027 0053      0048 0045 0041 0044      0041 0042 004F 0056 0045      0057 0041 0054 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

544924539395024948399532423935382353649563925735543952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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