up a tree

(idiom) in a difficult situation without an easy way to escape

Example Sentences:

A: Both my wife and my girlfriend want to take me out to dinner!
B: You are up a tree, my friend!

The student was up a tree when she realized that her final exam was tomorrow, and she hadn’t studied for it at all.

From the Blogs:

Show and Tell — Up A Tree…Literally

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Similar idioms:

1. the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
2. get through
3. bark up the wrong tree
4. handle
5. let it slide
6. do or die
7. work up to
8. go over
9. make-or-break
10. draw a blank
11. water under the bridge