tread water

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24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: pysytellä pinnalla — to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid
• Finnish: huitoa vettä — to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid
• Finnish: pärskiä — to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid
• French: faire du sur place — to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid
• German: Wasser treten — to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid
• Italian: stare a galla — to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid
• Swedish: trampa vatten — to remain afloat in water without use of any buoyancy aid
• Chinese Mandarin: 原地踏步 (yuándì tàbù) — to make no progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 维持现状 (wéichí xiànzhuàng) — to make no progress
• Dutch: ter plaatse trappelen — to make no progress
• Finnish: polkea paikallaan — to make no progress
• French: faire du sur place — to make no progress
• French: piétiner — to make no progress
• German: auf der Stelle treten — to make no progress
• German: sich im Kreis drehen — to make no progress
• Greek: δεν προκόβω (den prokóvo) — to make no progress
• Italian: annaspare — to make no progress
• Polish: stać w miejscu — to make no progress
• Russian: топта́ться на ме́сте (toptátʹsja na méste) — to make no progress
• Spanish: tratar de no hundirse — to make no progress
• Spanish: salir a flote — to make no progress
• Spanish: mantenerse a flote — to make no progress
• Turkish: yerinde saymak — to make no progress
• Ukrainian: топта́тись на мі́сці (toptátysʹ na mísci) — to make no progress