creek
noun [ C ] uk/kriːk/ us/kriːk/
（通海、湖等的）小湾，小港
a narrow area of water that flows into the land from the sea, a lake, etc.
US小溪，小河
a stream or narrow river
Idiom
up the creekidiom informal 陷入困境；处于困境
in trouble
If any more people resign, we'll be really up the creek. 如果再有更多的人辞职，我们真的就麻烦了。