english
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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, up shit creek. See UP A CREEK.
American Heritage Idioms