B2idiombusinessIELTS-friendly
stay afloat
USUK
to have just enough money to keep a business or yourself going
'Keep afloat' is also common, and you can keep something else afloat: 'a loan kept the shop afloat'.
In context
Many small cafés are struggling to stay afloat since rents went up.
The family business stayed afloat during the pandemic by selling online.
More idioms about business
- a ballpark figurea rough number that is close to the real amount
- a big playera powerful and important person or company in a field
- a bottlenecka point where progress slows because too much has to pass through it
- a deal breakera fact or condition that makes you refuse to accept an agreement
- a dog-eat-dog worlda situation where people compete hard and will harm others to succeed