swimming in

swim in (something)

1. Literally, to immerse oneself in a pool or body of water and swim in it. We went swimming in the lake out back every day during the summer.

2. By extension, to be totally covered with or submerged in some liquid. There were a few measly strawberries swimming in cream, so it wasn't much of a dessert.

3. To have or experience an abundance or overabundance of something. Don't worry about your cousins, their parents are swimming in money. You don't need any more toys—you and your sister are positively swimming in them. When we opened our doors, we were swimming in customers within minutes.

swimming in something

Fig. having lots of something. Right now we are swimming in merchandise. In a month it will be gone. The Wilmington-Thorpes are just swimming in money.

See also: swimming

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

swim in
swim in (something)
swimming in something
plunge into
plunge into (something)
wash (one's) hands of (someone or something)
wash hands of
wash one's hands of
wash your hands of
wash your hands of somebody/something

References in classic literature

Every cell in his brain was occupied, to the exclusion of all other thoughts, by the girl swimming in the water below.

The Man Upstairs and Other Stories

Concluding the inquest, Mr Salter said: "Marie Palfreeman, who was in poor health, was swimming in the hotel pool when she suddenly got into difficulty and drowned.

Woman drowns in five-star pool just days into her first holiday abroad in 12 years; Marie Palfreeman, 68 and from Oxford, drowned when she set foot out of the country for a trip to the Dominican Republic, an inquest heard

A man has died in Slough after going swimming in the hot weather.

Slough river death: Swimmer dead after taking cooling dip as search continues for two missing teenagers; The body of a man, thought to be in his twenties, was found in the Jubilee River, after emergency services carried out a search for a missing swimmer

词组	swimming in
释义	swimming in swim in (something) 1. Literally, to immerse oneself in a pool or body of water and swim in it. We went swimming in the lake out back every day during the summer. 2. By extension, to be totally covered with or submerged in some liquid. There were a few measly strawberries swimming in cream, so it wasn't much of a dessert. 3. To have or experience an abundance or overabundance of something. Don't worry about your cousins, their parents are swimming in money. You don't need any more toys—you and your sister are positively swimming in them. When we opened our doors, we were swimming in customers within minutes. See also: swim Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. swimming in something Fig. having lots of something. Right now we are swimming in merchandise. In a month it will be gone. The Wilmington-Thorpes are just swimming in money. See also: swimming McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: swim in swim in (something) swimming in something plunge into plunge into (something) wash (one's) hands of (someone or something) wash hands of wash one's hands of wash your hands of wash your hands of somebody/something References in classic literature Every cell in his brain was occupied, to the exclusion of all other thoughts, by the girl swimming in the water below. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories Concluding the inquest, Mr Salter said: "Marie Palfreeman, who was in poor health, was swimming in the hotel pool when she suddenly got into difficulty and drowned. Woman drowns in five-star pool just days into her first holiday abroad in 12 years; Marie Palfreeman, 68 and from Oxford, drowned when she set foot out of the country for a trip to the Dominican Republic, an inquest heard A man has died in Slough after going swimming in the hot weather. Slough river death: Swimmer dead after taking cooling dip as search continues for two missing teenagers; The body of a man, thought to be in his twenties, was found in the Jubilee River, after emergency services carried out a search for a missing swimmer
随便看	put (one's) life on the line put (one's) lights out put (one's) mind at ease put (one's) mind at rest put one's mind to put (one's) mind to rest put (one's) mind to (something) put (one's) money on (something) put (one's) money where (one's) mouth is put one's money where one's mouth is put one's money where one's mouth is, to put (one's) monkey up put (one's) name in the hat put (one's) neck on the block put (one's) neck on the line put (one's) nose in(to) (something) put (one's) nose (in) where it's not wanted put (one's) nose out of joint put (one's) nose to the grindstone put one's oar in put one's oar in, to put (one's) oar in(to) (something) put (one's) (own) house in order put (one's) pants on one leg at a time (just like everybody else) put (one's) pot on