up the creek
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We wore our rubber boots everywhere and carried 5-gallon buckets up the creek beds, picking fat, ripe salmonberries to help our mom make jam, pies and wine.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2020
“It only takes one or two of the girls being sick, or one of the two of them quitting, for me to not be covered. And then you’re up the creek without a paddle.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2019
It works like this: fish swim up the creek and into a ladder.
From Washington Times • Oct. 6, 2018
A short boat ride up the creek, Mr Ekpebide took me to the seat of the traditional Gbaramatu Kingdom, a prominent Ijaw group in the region.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2016
So I start her and head up the creek for Mr. Woodwell’s place.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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