UP SHIT CREEK

Meaning of UP SHIT CREEK in English

(bad language) in a bad situation, in a fix

If we lose our matches, we're up shit creek. We need a campfire.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

UP SHIT CREEK — Phrs. In serious trouble. An adaptation of the saying 'up the creek without a paddle', meaning the same.
Slang English vocab
UP SHIT CREEK — adj vulg sl He's up shit creek — Он влип в какую-то историю She's up shit creek — Ей везет как утопленнику If …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
UP SHIT CREEK — adj vulg sl He's up shit creek — Он влип в какую-то историю She's up shit creek — Ей везет …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
UP SHIT CREEK — shit creek, up adj vulg sl He's up shit creek Он влип в какую-то историю She's up shit creek Ей …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
UP SHIT CREEK — He's up shit creek — Он влип в какую-то историю She's up shit creek — Ей везет как утопленнику If …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SHIT — libang;ta-e
English-Visayan vocabulary
SHIT — I. noun Etymology: Middle English *~, from Old English scite; akin to Old English -scītan to defecate Date: circa 1526 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
SHIT — I. ˈshi]t, usu ]d.+V verb ( shit also shat ˈsha] ; shit also shat ; shitting ; shits ) Etymology: …
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
UP — /up/ , adv., prep., adj., n., v., upped, upping . adv. 1. to, toward, or in a more elevated position: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIT — /shit/ , n. , v. , shit or shat, shitting , interj. Vulgar. n. 1. excrement; feces. 2. an act …
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
SHIT — interj. oh no!, damn! (cry of disappointment, disgust, or frustration)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
SHIT — I. ˈshit, interjectionally also ˈshē-ət noun Etymology: Middle English * shit, from Old English scite; akin to Old English -scītan …
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
SHIT — [shit] n [(assumed) ME, fr. OE scite; akin to OE -scitan to defecate] (ca. 1585) 1: excrement--usu. considered vulgar 2: …
Merriam-Webster 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
SHIT — shit BrE AmE ʃɪt ▷ shat ʃæt ▷ shits ʃɪts ▷ shitted ˈʃɪt ɪd -əd AmE ˈʃɪt̬ əd ▷ shitting …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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
SHIT — / ʃɪt; NAmE / exclamation , noun , verb , adjective ■ exclamation ( taboo , slang ) a swear …
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
SHIT — I. shit 1 /ʃɪt/ BrE AmE interjection not polite used to express anger, annoyance, fear, or disappointment SYN damn : …
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 — creek /kriːk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: kriki 'bend' ] 1 . …
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
SHIT — v., n., & int. coarse sl. °Usually considered a taboo word. --v. (shitting; past and past part. shitted or shit) …
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
SHIT — v., n., & int. coarse sl. °Usually considered a taboo word. v. (shitting; past and past part. shitted or shit) …
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
SHIT — v., n., & int. coarse sl. Usage: Usually considered a taboo word. --v. (shitting; past and past part. shitted or …
Oxford English vocab
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
SHIT — ( shits, shitting, shat) 1. Some people use shit to refer to solid waste matter from the body of a …
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
SHIT — (~s, ~ting, shat) 1. Some people use ~ to refer to solid waste matter from the body of a human …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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
UP — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a band strikes up (= starts playing ) ▪ We were on the dance …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIT — I. interjection COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be hot shit American English informal not polite (= used about someone or something …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CREEK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bed ▪ We humans used the bridge, but of course, Sally had to negotiate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHIT — [verb] [I] shitting, past shit or shat or shitted taboo slangThe dog has shat in the living room again!(esp. US) …
Cambridge English vocab
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
SHIT — Synonyms and related words : Amytal, Amytal pill, BM, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHIT — n 1. feces. ("There is shit on the floor.") 2. objects. ("Who left their shit in my car?") 3. complaints, …
Slang English vocab
CREEK — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Slang English vocab
SHIT — noun Shit is used after these nouns: ↑ horse , ↑ pigeon
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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

English Idioms vocabulary

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