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The complete saying was "I'm up a creek, without a paddle!" The implication is that you are in a canoe, in a stream or creek in which the water is flowing swiftly. Uncontrolled creeks and rivers often have rocks and rapids, and the only way to survive is to navigate your way around the rocks and down the center of the main channel of the creek. But in order to control your canoe, you need a paddle.
So, to be "up a creek, without a paddle", is to be adrift and at the mercy of fate, without being able to control events.
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What is the meaning of this figure of speech button up your lip?
You should talk
What figure of speech does Mother said that we are driving her up the wall?
The figure of speech used in the phrase "driving her up the wall" is an idiom. It conveys a sense of frustration or annoyance, suggesting that something is making her feel overwhelmed or exasperated. This expression uses imagery to illustrate the emotional state rather than being taken literally.
What is dress to the nines meaning figure of speech?
It means dress up in your most fashionable clothes. No one knows for certain where the expression comes from.
Give the different kind of figure of speech?
There are too many to list them all here - there are links below to WikiPedia (they list each kind of figure of speech) and to an example page which gives specific examples!If you click on each of the subtypes at the top it will list things like metaphors... "standing on the shoulders of giants" and things like that.
What figure of speech is winter sat tight on your winter blades?
Personification? I hardly know what that phrase really means because I think you messed up the wording.
What is the figure of speech of button up your lip?
You should talk
What figure speech kick up you heels with c?
move with agility
What is the meaning of this figure of speech button up your lip?
You should talk
To kick up your heels is a figure of speech meaning to what?
"To kick up your heels!" is to celebrate. Get up and do something.
What figure of speech is contained in the lights stood up to the onslaught?
Metaphor
What is the figure of speech of button your lip?
"Button your lip" is an idiom that means to be quiet or stop talking. It is not a figure of speech in the traditional sense, but rather a colloquial expression.
What kind is this figure of speech Your father is so low he has to look up to tie his shoes?
hyperbole
What are the figure of speech in the sentence The boy had butterflies in his stomach when he stepped up to bat?
(Having) Butterflies in one's stomach is a figure of speech. It is used to describe a certain sensation one would feel in their stomach when being nervous or in love.
Im 5'9 and im a 13 year old boy is that tall my mom is 5'5 and my dad is 5'11 how can i figure out how tall i might be when im fully grown?
There are calculations to figure this out but you have already exceeded them. You could end up being 6'3" or 6'4". You will certainly end up being taller than your dad.
Who sang up on triple creek?
"Up on CRIPPLE Creek"- The Band-1970
When was Further Up the Creek created?
Further Up the Creek was created in 1958.
What does the idiom you are up the creek now mean?
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.
