treading water

When he had swum about a hundred yards out he paused, treading water, and saw that the girl who had been beside him was nowhere to be found.

The Coast Guard said he was treading water for more than an hour when another cruise ship spot ted him and brought him aboard.

For a time you will be like a swimmer treading water, using a lot of energy but going nowhere fast.

Caption : TREADING WATER: A horse from the Kings Troop, the Royal Horse Artillery, swam in the sea near Blackpool, England, Wednesday.

I may spend months or years treading water, not getting anywhere, if I didn't take this time to analyze myself.

Even with the others holding him up, Guy was exhausted from treading water for 18 hours without a life vest.

"They're treading water right now, " said Jordan Rohan, an analyst with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company.

The ambient lights were low and soothing, the music bland, the employees, like Enzo, treading water.

Two years ago Mr Obama was virtually walking on water; today he is barely treading water.

See the [[Endurance]] skill for information on swimming or treading water for an hour or more.

Martell says that it helps to surround yourself with like-minded friends: "A lot of people are treading water right now. "

America's job market is barely treading water.

He kept afloat by treading water.

Core inflation has been treading water near a 1. 5% year-on-year growth rate since April.

Are you progressing in life, or are you just treading water?