<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up Lord_willing_and_the_creek_don't_rise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Look up Lord_willing_and_the_creek_don't_rise in Wiktionary, the free dictionary . </Td> </Tr> <P> The expression "...the creek don't rise" is an American slang expression implying strong intentions subject to complete frustration by uncommon but not unforeseeable events . It presumably evokes occasional and unpredictably extreme rainfall in Appalachia, that has historically isolated one rural neighborhood or another temporarily inaccessible on several or many occasions . </P> <P> Classic versions of its use tend to be along the lines of "The good Lord willing, and creek doesn't rise"--i.e. "If God so wills, and as long as intense rain does not wash away bridges or parts of dirt roads, or cover roads too deeply for safely following them ." It may take the form of real or mock dialect, in variations like "...Lor' willin' an' th' crick don' rise ." </P>

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