Question
An idiom/phrase is given in bold. Following this
idiom/phrase are given three sentences, which use the given idiom/phrase. The idiom/phrase may or may not be used correctly in one or more sentences. Identify the sentence(s) that use(s) the idioms/phrases incorrectly either in grammar or context and mark the answer accordingly. Up a creek without a paddle I. When he lost his job and savings, he knew he was up a creek without a paddle. II. The students were up a creek without a paddle when their teacher forgot about the test. III. With the battery dead, we were up a creek without a paddle in the middle of nowhere. Which sentence(s) use(s) the idiom incorrectly?Solution
Up a Creek Without a Paddle Meaning: To be in serious trouble or a very difficult situation with no obvious way to improve things; to lack the means to get out of trouble. I and III correctly use the idiom to describe being in serious trouble.
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