up a creek
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- stuckUnable to move
- troubleDifficulty or distress
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
desperate · predicament · jam · pickle · bind · fix · mess · screwed · doomed · sinking · helpless · boat · water · current · nowhere · lost · floundering · swamped
- predicamentspredicament, dilemma, bind, pickle, pinch
predicament/situation
up a creeksitting pretty
In favorable circumstances
in the clear · home free · in good shape · safe and sound · out of the woods
agency/resources
up a creekwell-equipped
Having adequate supplies
holding all the cards · covered · sorted · set · taken care of