お手上げ (おてあげ) — being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands
お手上げ
お て あ げ
JLPTN1
Being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands
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 was really up shit creek when a fire destroyed all their computerdiscs.
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