English Idiom: Up a tree
Have you ever found yourself up a tree? No, I don’t mean in the literal sense like this kitty.
If you are a mature adult, you should not be climbing trees in the first place. I mean in the idiomatic sense.
If you find yourself up a tree, it means that you have a problem with no easy solution and you can’t decide what to do.
This idiom is used in various ways.
For example, a person could be up a tree in regards to retirement.
Their doctor is telling them that it is time to retire, but their bank account says that they do not have enough money to retire.
They now have a very difficult problem to solve which has no easy solution.