お手上げ

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do

Meaning

  1. n
    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

Example sentences

  • I'm really up a tree.

  • The company faced a major interruption in business when a fire destroyed their archive of computer hard drives and optical discs.

  • Everything's a little crazy right now.