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
Bellamy	['beləmi:]
Asch	[æʃ]
Andreas	ahn-DRE-ahs (German, Swedish), ahn-DRHAY-ahs (Dutch)	German, Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Welsh, Ancient Greek, Biblical Latin, Biblical Gre
Lylou	lee-LOO	French
Punita	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
ÒScar	-	Catalan