| 单词 | up a tree |
| 释义 | up a treeSEE SYNONYMS FOR up a tree ON THESAURUS.COM In a difficult situation, as in They found the drugs in his suitcase, so he was up a tree. This expression alludes to an animal, such as a raccoon or squirrel, that climbs a tree for refuge from attackers, which then surround the tree so it cannot come down. [Colloquial; early 1800s] Words nearby up a treeup-and-over, up-and-under, Upanishad, Upanishads, upas, up a tree, upaya, upbear, upbeat, upbound, up-bow The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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