📚 Tread water, phrase. ❓ Definition: Fail to make progress. ❗️ Examples: 1. Men who are treading water in their careers. 2. So when you see the elites floating away in their yachts while you're barely treading water, before you get angry, take a moment to feel their pain. 3. Brando trod water a lot, so I might go for Mitchum. 4. With a 10th win in 11 league games assured, the Old Trafford aristocrats trod water slightly after the interval. 5. He treads water for a few more minutes and sputters out a handful of other fun winter facts. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic