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up the creek

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In trouble; in a difficult situation.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.””

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

up the creek without a paddle up the duff up the flume up the Oxo Tower up the pole up the proverbial

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