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A "sink or swim" situation is a situation where one must take action, no matter how dangerous, in order to survive because doing nothing at this point is going to be fatal. The most literal example would be if your boat is sinking and you don't have a life jacket. You either go down with your boat or you start swimming.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 11y agothe origin of this idiom mean fail or succeed
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∙ 9y agoIt is urging you to do something. If you don't swim, you are going to stay in the same place and drown. If you don't learn to do the work or job, you are just going to stay were you are at.
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∙ 8y agoNothing. The correct term is "sink or swim," which makes the meaning fairly obvious. Either you learn how to do whatever is needed, or you "sink" and fail.
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