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paddle

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UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[up the creek] or [up the creek without a paddle] {adj. phr.}, {informal} In trouble or difficulty and unable to do anything about it; stuck. * /Father said that if […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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