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up shit's creek without a paddle
a. (context idiomatic English) (alternative form of up shit creek English)
Usage examples of "up shit's creek without a paddle".
It's my humble opinion that without good sergeants we'd be up shit's creek without a paddle.
But if it doesn't air at all I'm up shit's creek without a paddle.
Macklin a couple of days ago, here they were sending what looked to him like good officers to the OSS at a time when The Corps was up shit's creek without a paddle trying to find offi-cers to staff a Marine Corps that was growing larger than anyone ever thought it would.