Country Dictionary

A celebratory statement that means "good shit". Almost always accompanied with an upwards fist pump.

Did you see the tattoo on Vaughnie's ass? It's "Up The Creek".

in a bad situation

You either pass this this course or you'll be swimming up the creek.

adj. same as up shit creek, but sounds better and is easier to say.

I was up a creek when the bill collector came.

To say that someone is up shit creek is to imply that he or she or it is in real jam.

I didn't study for my final exam; I'm up shit creek.

To be in deep trouble with no solution.
(It's actually "Up shit creek without a paddle" --- scans better than "with no paddle."

There he was with two nickel bags and the narcs at the door. He knew he was up shit creek without a paddle.

To be in a bad situation which is either slowly or rapidly getting worse with no evident way out. Should you be armed with a paddle, you still, typically, have a slow long recovery

see shitty

As soon as the principal saw the smirnoff bottle in my hand, I knew that I was "up shit creek"

To be in an undesirable place, or to be in trouble. A contraction of "Up shit creek without a paddle." It can be made to define even more extreme circumstances by adding the suffix "with the repo men on the shore waiting for the boat"

"I was up Shit Creek without a paddle, and the repo men were waiting on the shore for the boat."