the new owners of the estate lands would be forced to sink or swim by themselves.
大庄园的新所有者将不得不沉浮全凭自己。
we recently got the chance to see her german tattoo and talk to her about how she had to sink or swim when she got to germany.
我们最近有机会看见她的德文纹身,并询问她刚到德国时,如何「自主沉浮」。
in the 1990s, beijing began to withdraw support from many large state-owned enterprises, forcing them to sink or swim in the market.
90年代,北京开始取消了对许多大型国有企业的扶持,迫使这些企业在市场中打拼。