up the creek

الإنجليزية - التركية

تعريف up the creek في الإنجليزية التركية القاموس.

(Konuşma Dili) zor durumda

berbat

kelek

boktan

{k} (deyim) tumuyle yanlis

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف up the creek في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

In trouble; in a difficult situation

We'll be up the creek if we lose those files, so we should back them up regularly.

المصطلحات ذات الصلة

up a creek

Alternative form of up the creek

الواصلة

up the Creek

التركية النطق

ʌp dhi krik

المترادفات

up shit creek

النطق

/ˈəp ᴛʜē ˈkrēk/ /ˈʌp ðiː ˈkriːk/

علم أصول الكلمات

[ '&p ] (adverb.) before 12th century. This phrase may have come from Haslar Creek in Portsmouth harbour, a 'salt' creek (may be origin of alternative 'up a shit creek'). Wounded sailors during Nelson's time, were taken there to be admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar to die or recover. They were held prisoner so that they would not desert while being treated, and some tried to escape by going through the sewers to the creek (another suggested origin of the alternative 'up a shit creek'). Without a paddle this would be hopeless, hence the phrase 'up the creek (without a paddle)' to mean being trapped, stuck or in trouble. Much very obscure navy related jargon entered popular culture in the seafaring peoples of the British Isles, and thus entered the English language as a whole.