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up a tree

in a difficult situation. If the insurance company won't pay for the damage, I'll be up a tree.

Etymology: based on the idea that some animals climb up a tree to avoid danger

See also: tree

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WHEN these stumps were full, they began to empty the bags into a hole high up a tree, that had belonged to a wood-pecker; the nuts rattled down--down-- down inside. The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context More results

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