Being upthecreekwithoutapaddle, means you are in a bad situation.
过河却没有桨意思是你处于一个不好形势中。
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If you don't have any money to pay for the repairs we just made to your car, I guess you're upacreekwithout a paddle because you can't have your car back.
如果你没钱支付汽车的修理费的话,那你就麻烦了,因为你休想要回你的车。
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With their food gone, the survivors were upacreekwithout a paddle.