be up the creek

be up the creek (without a paddle)

(informal) also be up shit creek (without a paddle) (very informal!)

to be in a very difficult situation that you are not able to improve If the car breaks down we're really up the creek. He'll be up shit creek unless he finds the money to pay off his loan.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yusra	-	Arabic
Lorraine	lə-RAYN	English
Reggie	['regi]
Peppe	-	Italian
Hanna (1)	HAHN-nah (Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian), HAH-nah (German)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, German, Dutch, Icelandic, Hungar
Norma	NAWR-mə (English)	English, Italian, Literature