お手上げ
おてあげ
Also written お手あげ
Meanings
- Noun being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees (literally: throwing up (one's) hands)
Kanji
Example sentences
- 火災で全てのコンピューターディスクが駄目になってしまった時、会社はもうお手上げの状況だった。
The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs. - まったくお手上げだ。
Everything's a little crazy right now. - この問題にはお手上げだ。
This problem baffles me. - お手上げだ。
I'm at a complete loss! - 本当にお手上げだ。
I'm really up a tree.