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we will be up the creek without a paddle
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If you click here, that will link you to a web-page which explains the phrase. 'Up the creek' appeared in the 1940s and just meant 'in trouble'. Later, in the 'without a paddle' version, it was not the creek but another word meaning excreta!
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