be up the creek without a paddle 成语
paddle your own canoe
paddle
up the creek without a paddle
Idiom(s): up the creek (without a paddle)Theme: TROUBLE
in a bad situation. (Slang. Use with caution. There is a taboo version of this phrase.)
• What a mess I’m in. I'm really up the creek without a paddle.
• I tried to prevent it, hut I seem to he up the creek, too.
paddle one's own canoe
Idiom(s): paddle one's own canoeTheme: INDEPENDENCE
to do (something) by oneself; to be alone.
• I've been left to paddle my own canoe too many times.
• Sally isn't with us. She's off paddling her own canoe.
Up a river without a paddle
If you up a river without a paddle, you are in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the resources to remedy the matter.Paddle your own canoe.
Mind your own business and be self-reliant.paddle one's own canoe|canoe|paddle
v. phr., informal To work without help; earn your own living; support yourself. After his father died, John had to paddle his own canoe.Synonym: HOE ONE'S OWN ROW.
Compare: MAKE ONE'S WAY.
up the creek|creek|paddle|up|up the creek without
adj. phr., informal In trouble or difficulty and unable to do anything about it; stuck. Father said that if the car ran out of gas in the middle of the desert, we would be up the creek without a paddle. I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.Compare: DEEP WATER, IN THE SOUP, UP A TREE, OUT OF LUCK.
be up a/the brook (without a paddle)
slang To be in a arduous or alarming situation, abnormally one that cannot be calmly resolved. I accept no savings, so if I get accursed from my job, I'll be up the brook after a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up a brook if the car dies on that abandoned alley ahead.Learn more: creek, upbe up the brook after a paddle
be in astringent difficulty, usually with no agency of extricating yourself from it. informal Often beneath to be up the creek , this announcement is recorded in the mid 20th aeon as aggressive argot for ‘lost’ (for example, while on a patrol).Learn more: creek, paddle, up, without
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