Being up the creek without a paddle, means you are in a bad situation.

Being up the creek without a paddle的意思是你处于一个不好的形势当中。

She is up the creek without a paddle, when it comes to getting that new car.

要是买新车的话，她就会处于陷入困境当中。

He surely wasn't up the creek but without his paddle the trip would have been " orable" .

他肯定不会陷入困境，但如果没有他的船桨，这次旅行将是“不可阻挡的”。

Pa came whistling up the creek road.

爸爸吹着口哨沿着小溪路走来。

Then one afternoon Pa came merrily whistling up the creek road.

一天下午，爸爸吹着口哨沿着小溪路欢快地走来。

They're on the hook, they're waiting with baited breath to see if they'll get a lifeline or if they'll be up the creek.

它们落网，他们在诱饵上等待着呼吸着，看看他们是否会得到救生索，或者他们是否会爬上小溪。

If the government finds out about it, you could be up the creek.

如果政府发现了这件事，你可能会上当受骗。

She's been downriver up the creek underwater out at sea in deep waters, out of depth against the current and holy breath.

她一直在河里，在溪水里，在深海里，在深水里逆流而上，在圣徒的呼吸中。

We try all kinds of measures from public education to trash booms further up the creek, but nothing can be quite as effective as right here next to the ocean.

我们尝试了各种各样的措施，从公共教育到小溪上游的垃圾填埋场，但在入海处投入措施是最有效的。

So, you could see why it floats their boat, why they carve out the time, why they have a hard vested interest in victory, even if they all finish up the creek.

所以，你可以看到为什么它让他们的船漂浮，为什么他们要花时间， 为什么他们对胜利有强烈的既得利益， 即使他们都完成了小溪。

This expression, " to be up the creek" (creek), means to be in a very difficult situation, to have a lot of problems. It comes in part from an expression, " to be up a creek without a paddle" (paddle).

这个表达“to be up the creek” （小溪），意思是处在非常困难的境地，有很多问题。 它部分来自一个表达， “没有桨就上小溪” （桨）。