有了私人赞助的额外收入，这家俱乐部才勉强维持运营。

With extra income from private sponsorship, the club is just about managing to ___keep its ___head ___above ___water.

尽管经济不景气，这个家族企业仍在努力维持生计。

Despite the economic downturn, the family business is struggling to ___keep its ___head ___above ___water.

在失去主要客户后，他打了好几份零工才勉强维持生活。

After losing his main client, he took on several part-time jobs just to ___keep his ___head ___above ___water.