tread water

Sometimes you can show up and you're just treading water.

I feel like a lot of the time we're treading water.

Women without men are still thought to be treading water.

He came up one last time, treading water and looking around.

For a while, it seemed as if the team were treading water.

So far, all of them are just treading water, waiting for something to happen.

I'd been treading water for a couple of minutes at that point.

So the place just treads water, a threat only to itself.

Or just tread water: The current will eventually peter out.

Both men trod water, turned and looked back in the direction from which they had come.

"Well are you coming," she asked treading water, not taking her eyes off of me.

He was also required to tread water for multiple hours at a time.

In short, we cannot afford 2012 to be a year of treading water.

He stopped for a minute, treading water and looking back at us.

The computer can tread water all night and have a fresh fish waiting for you in the morning.

But without a good instructor all they are doing is treading water.

He lifted his feet off the bottom and started to tread water.

When she held my hand, I could float without treading water.

But I am not going to come back here just to tread water."

It seems they are treading water to give Iran time to sort themselves out.

"I think the market will tread water for six months until we see the impact of Asia," she said.

It was much easier than treading water and they came up against another wall in just a few minutes.

By treading water, he let a number of players back into the tournament.

She broke the surface a few feet away from him and continued to tread water.

By this time, the sea was so rough, she could do nothing but tread water.

Sometimes you can show up and you're just treading water.

I feel like a lot of the time we're treading water.

Women without men are still thought to be treading water.

He came up one last time, treading water and looking around.

For a while, it seemed as if the team were treading water.

So far, all of them are just treading water, waiting for something to happen.

I'd been treading water for a couple of minutes at that point.

So the place just treads water, a threat only to itself.

Or just tread water: The current will eventually peter out.

Both men trod water, turned and looked back in the direction from which they had come.

"Well are you coming," she asked treading water, not taking her eyes off of me.

He was also required to tread water for multiple hours at a time.

In short, we cannot afford 2012 to be a year of treading water.

He stopped for a minute, treading water and looking back at us.

The computer can tread water all night and have a fresh fish waiting for you in the morning.

But without a good instructor all they are doing is treading water.

He lifted his feet off the bottom and started to tread water.

When she held my hand, I could float without treading water.

But I am not going to come back here just to tread water."

It seems they are treading water to give Iran time to sort themselves out.

"I think the market will tread water for six months until we see the impact of Asia," she said.

It was much easier than treading water and they came up against another wall in just a few minutes.

By treading water, he let a number of players back into the tournament.

She broke the surface a few feet away from him and continued to tread water.

By this time, the sea was so rough, she could do nothing but tread water.