Keep the Ship Afloat

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🗓️ Idiom: Keep the Ship Afloat (v)

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💬 Meaning

• To manage a business, project, or team in a way that prevents failure, especially during difficult or uncertain times.
• To maintain stability and prevent collapse.

🧠 Example Sentences

• With sales down, her main goal is to keep the ship afloat until the market improves.
• They cut unnecessary expenses just to keep the ship afloat.
• It’s not about growth right now—it’s about keeping the ship afloat.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

During the crisis, the company focused all efforts on __________.

Answer

keeping the ship afloat

2. Choose the correct meaning of “keep the ship afloat”:

A) To redesign a business strategy
B) To prevent a business or project from failing
C) To hire more staff

Answer

B) To prevent a business or project from failing

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“They worked hard to make sure the company didn’t go bankrupt.” → Change the sentence using: keep the ship afloat

Answer

They worked hard to keep the ship afloat.

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