お手上げ

おてあげ

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

JLPT N1 Common word Also written お手あげ、御手上げ

Meanings

Noun
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

お手上てあげだ。

I'm at a complete loss!
本当ほんとうにお手上てあげだ。

I'm really up a tree.
まったくお手上てあげだ。

Everything's a little crazy right now.
この問題もんだいにはお手上てあげだ。

This problem baffles me.
これ、私わたしにはお手上てあげだよ。

This is above me.

More examples (2)

何なにもかもが難むずかしい。お手上てあげだい。

Everything is hard. I'm throwing in the towel.
火災かさいで全すべてのコンピューターディスクが駄目だめになってしまった時とき、会社かいしゃはもうお手上てあげの状況じょうきょうだった。

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