up the creek

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up the creek (without a paddle) and up a creek; up shit creek

Inf. Fig. in an awkward position with no easy way out. 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.

See also: creek, up

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I went straight into the water without a minute's hesitation, wading up the creek, and presently finding myself kneedeep in a little stream. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context But we found afterwards that we need not take such pains for water, for a little higher up the creek where we were we found the water fresh when the tide was out, which flowed but a little way up; so we filled our jars, and feasted on the hare he had killed, and prepared to go on our way, having seen no footsteps of any human creature in that part of the country. Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context			up a tree up against up against the wall up alley up and around up and away up and coming up and did up and running up before up for auction up for grabs up for reelection up for sale up front up hill and down dale up in arms up in the air up in years up North up one side and down the other up sleeve up stakes up sticks up the ante up the creek up the pole up the river up the spout up the wall up to up to doing up to here up to knees up to neck up to neck in up to no good up to old tricks up to par up to scratch up to snuff up to speed up to the mark up to the minute up with up-and-coming up-to-date up-to-the-minute upbraid for update about upgrade to			up shit creek up shit creek (without a paddle) up shit creek without a paddle Up side down up sleeve up sleeve up sleeve Up Slimy Creek Without A Paddle Up Stage Up Stage Center Up Stage Left Up Stage Right Up stairs Up stairs up stakes up sticks up street up street up street UP technology up the ante up the ante up the ante up the ante up the ante Up the Arse Up The Blades Up the Boro Up The Bracket up the bum up the creek up the creek (without a paddle) up the creek (without a paddle) up the creek (without a paddle) up the creek without a paddle up the creek without a paddle up the creek without a paddle up the creek without a paddle Up the Deise Up the Downstair Up The Hill Up the irons Up the irons Up the irons Up The Owls up the pole up the river up the river up the river up the river up the spout up the stairs Up the Stairs Community Center Up The Swanee Up the Town Up the Villa up the wall up the wall up the wall up the wall up the wall

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