| 单词 | up shit creek without a paddle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasup shit creek without a paddle P1. up shit creek: in an unpleasant situation or awkward predicament; in trouble (cf. up the creek at creek n.1 2c). Also in elaborated form up shit creek without a paddle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > in a difficult position > in straits waterOE straitly steadc1400 need-stead?c1450 at the worst hand1490 in suds1575 lock1598 at a bad hand1640 in a wood1659 in bad bread1743 up a stump1829 in a tight (also awkward, bad, etc.) spot1851 up shit creek1868 in the cart1889 in the soup1889 out on a limb1897 in a spot1929 up the creek1941 consommé1957 1868 Ann. Rep. Secretary of War (U.S. House of Representatives, 40th Congr., 3rd Sess.) 469 Our men put old Lincoln up Shit creek, and we'll put old Dill up. 1925 E. Hemingway Let. 22 Apr. (2013) II. 322 The stuff is so tight and hard and everything hangs on everything else and it would all just be shot up shit creek. 1939 J. Dos Passos Adventures Young Man i. 46 They had a hard time finding their way through the woods... ‘Well, we're up shit creek without any paddle.’ 1956 N. Coward Diary 25 Mar. (2000) 314 Added to their discomfiture, Ford must have realized that they have nothing prepared for 5 May and that frankly they are up shit creek without a paddle. 1981 Private Eye 31 July 11/2 If they'd followed her this far up shit creek it's a long way to walk back. 1998 K. Lette Altar Ego xiii. 118 When feeling cheap and nasty, remind yourself that without infidelity, literature and opera would be up shit creek. 2009 H. Betts Loves me, loves me Knot 122 If Jenna really did turn out to be pregnant, he was up shit creek without the proverbial paddle. < as lemmas |
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