wire up 

connect something with other

Especially connect electrical equipment to something with wire

send a telegram

send money through electronically

If you want to hear sound loudly in TV you can wire up the TV to speakers through amplifiers

wire up by cvam April 26, 2012

up shit's creek in a barbed-wire canoe 

In serious trouble. Typically Australian version of "up the creek without a paddle."

When I reached for my credit card and found it was gone, I understood I was up shit's creek in a barbed-wire canoe.

up shit's creek in a barbed-wire canoe by octopod August 25, 2004

a cow's ass sewed up with barbed wire 

a means of descibing something horrendously ugly or disgusting.

"Woo, she's uglier than a cow's ass sewed up with barbed wire."

a cow's ass sewed up with barbed wire by Ariluto April 30, 2006

looks like a hog's ass sewed up with barbed wire

A poor design or something that is in bad shape.

That car looks like a hog's ass sewed up with barbed wire!

looks like a hog's ass sewed up with barbed wire by MasterMMMaster Blkasteras February 7, 2020