daily vocabmail vom 04.07.2012

Welche Bedeutung steckt hinter der hier vorgestellten Vokabel aus dem Bereich Meetings?

Tad: "We really have to have this contract ready by 6pm or we'll be up the creek without a paddle. I hope we can manage it."
Victory: "But why the urgency?"
Tad: "The client has absolutely no patience. He said if we don't meet the deadline, we can forget the deal."

to be up the creek without a paddle

Do you know what it means?

to be asked to wait

to be fired

to be in a difficult position