Keep your head above water

They disallowed this and disallowed that, and now I can't even get my head above water!

Fire, water and government know nothing of mercy.

Happy as a duck in water

We're just trying to keep our heads above water. Like I said, we're in last place. The organization and the team are headed in the right direction and at the same time we've got to finish strong. It'd be a shame not to.

Hewers of wood and drawers of water