| 词汇 | up a creek |
| 释义 | up the creek (without a paddle) and up a creek Theme: DIFFICULTIES mod. in an awkward position with no easy way out. (This creek is called “shit creek.”)I'm sort of up the creek and don't know what to do.You are up a creek! You got yourself into it, so get yourself out. up a/the creek (without a paddle)slang In a challenging or troublesome situation, especially one that cannot be easily resolved. I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I'll be up the creek without a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up a creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead. up a creekAlso, up shit creek; up the creek (without a paddle). In trouble, in a serious predicament, as in If the check doesn't arrive today I'm up a creek, or The car wouldn't start, so I was up the creek without a paddle. This slangy idiom conjures up the image of a stranded canoeist with no way of moving (paddling) the canoe. President Harry S. Truman used the first term in a letter in 1918. The first variant is considered vulgar. up a creekverbSee up shit creek without a paddle |
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