SINK OR SWIM

Meaning of SINK OR SWIM in English

fail or succeed by your own efforts He will have to sink or swim when he begins his new job.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SINK OR SWIM — phrasal 1. : to drown unless one swims if he fall in, good night, or sink or swim — Shakespeare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SINK OR SWIM — all or nothing, bet it all, fail or succeed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SINK OR SWIM — fail or succeed by one's own efforts. → sink
Concise Oxford English vocab
SINK OR SWIM — to be in a situation where you will either succeed by your own efforts or fail completely : The new …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINK OR SWIM — see sink
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINK OR SWIM — see sink
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SINK OR SWIM — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you …
Slang English vocab
SINK OR SWIM — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you …
Словарь английских идиом
SINK OR SWIM — v. phr. To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you …
American Idioms English vocabulary
SINK OR SWIM — либо пан, либо пропал
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SINK OR SWIM — либо пан, либо пропал
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SINK OR SWIM — все или ничего; на карту поставлено все; либо выплывешь, либо потонешь; выбора нет; или пан, или пропал; или грудь в …
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
SINK OR SWIM — все или ничего; на карту поставлено все; либо выплывешь, либо потонешь; выбора нет; или пан, или пропал; или грудь в …
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
SINK OR SWIM! — Потону или выплыву! Ср. Либо пан, либо пропал. Эх, была не была!
Английские поговорки
SWIM — I. ˈswim verb ( swam ˈswam, -aa(ə)m ; also chiefly dialect swimmed ˈswimd ; or swum ˈswəm ; swum also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SINK — I. ˈsiŋk verb ( sank -aŋk, -aiŋk ; or sunk ; sunk -əŋk ; or sunk·en -kən ; sinking ; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWIM — (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select …
Английский словарь Webster
SWIM — (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.
Английский словарь Webster
SWIM — ( v. t. ) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWIM — — swimmable , adj. — swimmer , n. /swim/ , v. , swam, swum, swimming , n. v.i. 1. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SINK — — sinkable , adj. — sinklike , adj. /singk/ , v. , sank or, often, sunk; sunk or sunken; sinking; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWIM — I. ˈswim verb ( swam ˈswam ; swum ˈswəm ; swim·ming ) Etymology: Middle English swimmen, from Old English swimman; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SINK — I. ˈsiŋk verb ( sank ˈsaŋk ; or sunk ˈsəŋk ; sunk ; sink·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWIM — vi to be overflowed or drenched. 2. swim ·vi to be filled with swimming animals. 3. swim ·noun the sound, …
Webster English vocab
SINK — vt to conseal and appropriate. 2. sink ·noun a drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 3. sink ·vt …
Webster English vocab
SWIM — [swim] vb swam ; swum ; swim.ming [ME swimmen, fr. OE swimman; akin to OHG swimman to swim] vi (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SINK — [sink] vb sank or sunk ; sunk ; sink.ing [ME, fr. OE sincan; akin to OHG sinkan to sink] vi …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWIM — / swɪm; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( swim·ming , swam / swæm; NAmE / swum / swʌm; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINK — / sɪŋk; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( sank / sæŋk; NAmE / sunk / sʌŋk; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWIM — I. swim 1 S3 /swɪm/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense swam /swæm/, past participle swum /swʌm/, present participle swimming …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SINK — I. sink 1 W3 /sɪŋk/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense sank /sæŋk/ or sunk /sʌŋk/ American English , past …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWIM — v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SINK — v. & n. --v. (past sank or sunk; past part. sunk or sunken) 1 intr. fall or come slowly downwards. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWIM — v. & n. v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1 intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SINK — v. & n. v. (past sank or sunk; past part. sunk or sunken) 1 intr. fall or come slowly downwards. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWIM — v. & n. --v. (swimming; past swam; past part. swum) 1. intr. propel the body through water by working the …
Oxford English vocab
SINK — v. & n. --v. (past sank or sunk; past part. sunk or sunken) 1. intr. fall or come slowly downwards. …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
SWIM — ( swims, swimming, swam, swum) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SINK — ( sinks, sinking, sank, sunk) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWIM — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a driving/swimming etc lesson ▪ Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SINK — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boat sinks ▪ The boat sank in a storm. be sunk in gloom …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWIM — (SEEM TO MOVE) [verb] [I] swimming, [past simple] swam, [past participle] swum - (of an object) to seem to move …
Cambridge English vocab
SINK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWIM — See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.
Slang English vocab
SINK — I. verb 1. to become submerged the overloaded raft sank below the surface Synonyms: founder, go down, go under, submerge, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWIM — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ evening , morning , regular ▪ long , quick ▪ How about a quick ~ before …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SINK — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bathroom ( esp. AmE ), kitchen ▪ blocked ( esp. BrE ), clogged ( AmE ) …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SINK — n. 25B6; verb the coffin sank below the waves : BECOME SUBMERGED, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, descend. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SINK
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SWIM — See: IN THE SWIM, SINK OR SWIM.
Словарь английских идиом
SWIM — Slow, graceful, undesired movements of display elements, groups, or images about their mean position on a display surface, such as …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab
SWIM — 1. сущ. 1) плавание, купание to have/take a swim ≈ поплавать 2) скольжение, плавное движение 3) (the swim) течение (событий, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SINK — 1. сущ. 1) сооружение для стока воды а) раковина б) сточная труба Syn : sewer II 1. в) выгребная яма, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWIM — swim.ogg 1. swım n 1. 1> плавание to go for a swim - пойти поплавать to have /to take/ a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SINK — sink.ogg 1. sıŋk n 1. раковина ( водопровода ) kitchen sink - кухонная раковина /мойка/ 2. 1> слив; сточный колодец; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OR — or.ogg _I ɔ: n геральд. цвет золота _II ɔ:,ə cj 1. связывает два или несколько предложений или однородных членов предложения, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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