Kathi Appelt

I have always been interested in abandoned cars. I can't tell you how many times I've been in a car, driving, and there's a car sitting in a pasture, totally abandoned. Or on the edge of a creek or something. I always wonder: why did somebody park it in the pasture and leave?

American Writer

Kim Brooks

Did our parents really let us do that?' is a game my friends and I sometimes play. We remember taking off on bikes alone, playing in the woods for hours, crawling through storm drains to follow creek beds.

Lizz Wright

I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things.

American Musician

Joyce Carol Oates

As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.

American Novelist

Gabriel Basso

I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.

American Actor

Will Rogers

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.

Travis Knight

I spent a lot of time alone when I was a kid, I climbed trees, hopped creek beds, read, watched movies, I'd make stories, make films.

American Producer

Tracy Morgan

I'm no Jerry Seinfeld. I wasn't raised with some backyard with a creek and trees and all that.

Dan Rather

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

American Journalist

Jim Fowler

Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.

American Scientist

Used to describe small water bodies in nature, often found in rural or natural settings.

Natural Setting

Although similar to rivers, creeks are smaller and can be stepped over or waded through.

Not a River

Refers to a sharp, narrow discomfort or pain, typically in the body's joints or passages.

Body Discomfort

This bodily pain meaning is less common and might be misunderstood without context.

Rare Usage

A colloquial expression implying a challenging situation, commonly used informally.

Informal Troubles

'Up the creek without a paddle' suggests being stuck in a difficult situation without help.

Dire Situation

It's an idiomatic expression and not related to actual water bodies.

Non-literal Use

Refers to the Creek people, a recognized Native American tribe, highlighting cultural identity.

Cultural Identity

The Creek tribe has a significant role in the history of the southeastern United States.

Historical Significance

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 head and can say what you need to hear they are nurturing we call it pro-social trusting is a very interesting thing because you know if you trust the wrong person you're sort of up the creek but if you trust the right person you

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 quite a lot of water plants particularly in shallow freshwater and they too have retained the character of that ancestors they're gentle grazers and here in the warm clear waters of the Florida creeks

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 This story starts with these two -- my kids. We were hiking in the Oakland woods when my daughter noticed a plastic tub of cat litter in a creek. She looked at me and said,

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 planet without it these rich savannas and the incredible life within them would likely disappear in the midday sun the cold spring creek is the only place to be

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 And it nests near rivers or creeks. Knowing their vocalizations is key to doing the research because otherwise, you'd rarely see them if you didn't.