The saying up a creek is shortened from up the creek without a paddle, meaning you are in a difficult situation without the necessary tools to get out of it.
*LOL* It's UP THE CREEK. This is a more polite way of saying the idiom "up sh*t creek without a paddle," which means you're really in a bad situation with no way of getting out of it.
Up a creek without a paddle means you are in deep trouble and there is nothing you can do about it. Your situation is quite hopeless, in other words. The image in this idiom is of a boat adrift in a river, with no paddles (oars) to steer with. It doesn't mean things are hopeless. It's just going to take more effort/time to get back home. If you ever find yourself up the creek be thankful you're not in a pickle
It means things are trustworthy.
About to be sold, or given up.
To make a mistake
say no to it
To keep struggling and not give up.
It means shut up!
flatter her to get something
he suddenly turned up (to appear, emarge)
It is a boating term - if you have no paddle, you cannot row very far, can you? So you're stuck.
to make something stronger ,,