UP THE CREEK

Meaning of UP THE CREEK in English

informal

1》 in severe difficulty or trouble.

2》 Brit. stupid or misguided.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

UP THE CREEK — phrasal in a difficult or perplexing situation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UP THE CREEK — adverb : in a difficult or perplexing position
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UP THE CREEK — : in a difficult or perplexing situation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP THE CREEK — in a difficult or perplexing situation
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
UP THE CREEK — = up the creek without a paddle
Slang English vocab
UP THE CREEK
Dirty English-Russian vocab
UP THE CREEK — in a predicament, in difficulty, in a jam Without insurance, you could be up the creek if there's a fire.
English Idioms vocabulary
UP THE CREEK — adj. phr. , informal In trouble or difficulty and unable to do anything about it; stuck. Father said that if …
American Idioms English vocabulary
UP THE CREEK — Вверх по течению
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
UP THE CREEK
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
UP THE CREEK — adj sl 1) You guys'll be up the creek for good — Вы все будете в большой жопе, парни I'll be up the …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
UP THE CREEK — adj sl 1) You guys'll be up the creek for good — Вы все будете в большой жопе, парни I'll …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
UP THE CREEK — creek, up the adj sl 1. You guys'll be up the creek for good Вы все будете в большой жопе, …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
UP THE CREEK — 1) You guys'll be up the creek for good — Вы все будете в большой жопе, парни I'll be up …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
UP THE CREEK
English Russian slang dictionary
UP THE CREEK
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CREEK — or Muscogee A loose and shifting confederation of groups that once occupied much of the Georgia and Alabama flatlands, the …
Английский словарь Британика
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CREEK — I. ˈkrēk, ˈkrik — ˈkrik is less frequent in the South than in the rest of the US and less …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — /kreek/ , n. , pl. Creeks , ( esp. collectively ) Creek . 1. a member of a confederacy of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — /kreek, krik/ , n. 1. U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river. 2. a stream or channel …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREEK — noun Date: 1725 1. : an American Indian confederacy of peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREEK — noun Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend Date: 13th century 1. chiefly British : a small …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
CREEK — noun any turn or winding. 2. creek ·noun a stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a …
Webster English vocab
CREEK — [ kri:k ] ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CREEK — [creek] n [ME crike, creke, fr. ON -kriki bend] (13c) 1 chiefly Brit: a small inlet or bay narrower and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CREEK — Muskogean-speaking North American Indian tribe that originally occupied a huge expanse of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama. Their economy …
Britannica English vocabulary
CREEK — Creek BrE AmE kriːk (= creak) ▷ Creeks kriːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CREEK — creek BrE AmE kriːk krɪk — Preference poll, American English: kriːk 98%, krɪk 2%. ▷ creeks kriːks krɪks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — / kriːk; NAmE / noun 1. ( BrE ) a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — / kriːk/ noun ( pl. Creek or Creeks ) a member of a Native American people, many of whom now …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CREEK — Creek BrE AmE noun 1 . the Creek [P] a Native American tribe from Georgia and Alabama in the US …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CREEK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CREEK — n. 1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CREEK — n. 1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CREEK — n.1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or in …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — ( creeks) 1. A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — (~s) 1. A ~ is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. (BRIT) N-COUNT: …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CREEK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bed ▪ We humans used the bridge, but of course, Sally had to negotiate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CREEK — [noun] [C] - (UK) a usually short narrow length of water flowing into a river, lake, sea, etc., or (US …
Cambridge English vocab
CREEK — n. or Muscogee Muskogean -speaking North American Indian people living mainly in Oklahoma, U.S., but also in Georgia and Alabama. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CREEK — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Slang English vocab
CREEK — noun ( AmE ) small stream ADJECTIVE ▪ tidal ▪ little , small VERB + CREEK ▪ cross CREEK + …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
CREEK — n. 1 Brit inlet, bay, cove, harbour Overnight we moored in a little creek, sheltered from the sea 2 US …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CREEK — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Словарь английских идиом
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CREEK — creek.ogg kri:k n 1. небольшой залив или бухта; устье реки 2. преим. амер. рукав реки; приток; ручей, небольшая река up …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CREEK — n 1. небольшой залив или бухта; устье реки 2. преим. амер. рукав реки; приток; ручей, небольшая река up the creek …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UP
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UP — 1. _adv. 1> указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

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