run like a dry creek

verb

(simile, US, colloquial, politics) To run for political office with little chance of success. / (simile, US, colloquial) To run (in various senses) badly or not at all.

He runs like a dry creek.

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意味（1）

(simile, US, colloquial, politics) To run for political office with little chance of success.

The Scripps-Howard newspapers, which are supporting Eisenhower, criticized Ike for "running like a dry creek."

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意味（2）

(simile, US, colloquial) To run (in various senses) badly or not at all.

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