英语词汇up the creek etc的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

up the creek, etc. Up the creek means in a bad predicament, on the spot, behind the eight ball. Sometimes the expression is up Salt Creek, or even up Shit Creek—often without a paddle. The expression goes back about 100 years and was probably first up Salt Creek, if we are to judge by the popular 1884 politi- cal campaign song “Blaine up Salt Creek.” A salt creek is a creek leading through the salt marsh or marshland to the ocean and best explains the phrase, for it is very easy to get stuck in one and, without a paddle, a boatman would have no way to get out. The excremental version conveys the same idea, but makes the situation even worse.

词汇	up the creek etc
词源	up the creek, etc. Up the creek means in a bad predicament, on the spot, behind the eight ball. Sometimes the expression is up Salt Creek, or even up Shit Creek—often without a paddle. The expression goes back about 100 years and was probably first up Salt Creek, if we are to judge by the popular 1884 politi- cal campaign song “Blaine up Salt Creek.” A salt creek is a creek leading through the salt marsh or marshland to the ocean and best explains the phrase, for it is very easy to get stuck in one and, without a paddle, a boatman would have no way to get out. The excremental version conveys the same idea, but makes the situation even worse.
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