up shit's creek (without a paddle)

rude slang In a challenging or daunting situation. I'm a single mother who just lost her job—I'm really up shit's creek right now. A: "I just found out that the school told my parents that I'm failing French." B: "Oh man, you're up shit's creek without a paddle."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Freja	FRIE-ah (Danish, German), FRAY-ah (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish, German
Joktan	-	Biblical
Amelia	[ə'mi:ljə]
Libor	-	Czech
Venyamin	vye-nee-ah-MEEN, vee-nee-ah-MEEN	Russian
Robert	RAH-bərt (English), ro-BER (French), RO-bert (German), RO-bərt (Dutch), RAW-bert (Polish), RO-byert (Russian), RO-beert (Russian)	English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian, Slovene,