Question

sink or swim This sink-or-swim attitude in the organisation can be very difficult for new employees.

Accepted Answer

If someone has to sink or swim, they have to do something alone, and their success or failure depends entirely on their own efforts.

Phrase/Idiom	sink or swim
Definition	If someone has to sink or swim, they have to do something alone, and their success or failure depends entirely on their own efforts.
Example	This sink-or-swim attitude in the organisation can be very difficult for new employees.

Sink Swim Success Failure Depends Efforts Sink Or Swim Attitude