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in more s**t than a Werribee duck


in a large amount of trouble: You are in more s**t than a Werribee duck.

Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] I recall this expression from my secondary school days in the late 1960's.

Contributor's comments: Once heard a lawyer say this in the late 80s. He was commenting (privately) on the prospects in a case.

Contributor's comments: The Melbourne Sewerage Treatment works are located in the suburb of Werribee, in the southwest of the city. A duck living in Werribee would be up to its neck in it...I first heard the expression about 10 years ago said by someone who grew up in Oakleigh (on the opposite side of the City).Used to describe someone who is in deep trouble: "(so-and-so) is in more shit than a Werribee duck..."