Idiom Breakdown

up the creek

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Definition

In trouble; in a difficult situation.

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Origins

American English.

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In Context

"We'll be up the creek if we lose those files, so we should back them up regularly."
"“Then we would be up the creek. You can be extradited for grand larceny. Jez you wouldnt^([sic]) have me goin^([sic]) round with dark glasses and false whiskers all my life.”"

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Also Said As

up shit creek