up the creek

Idioms and Phrases

Also, up shit creek . See up a creek .

Example Sentences

The dog team was barreling up the creek and was drawn in by his commotion, and I barely got the sled stopped and tied off to a tree before they got to him.

From Literature

I gathered gear, left the trap triggered and hanging from a branch, and made my way back up the creek.

From Literature

“We economists are up the creek without a paddle in determining whether dog food prices will rise more or less quickly than cat food and/or thousands of other items such as prices of rubber bands, peanut butter, shoes, cars, turnips, etc.,” said Walter Block, an economist who teaches at Loyola University New Orleans.

From Washington Times

To go more casual and rustic, opt for the historic Up the Creek on Oak Creek, in Cornville.

From Los Angeles Times

“It leaves them up the creek.”

From Washington Post

Related Words

• desperate
• forlorn
• helpless
• impossible
• pointless
• sad
• tragic
• useless