Up a tree

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.

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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 cannot decide what to do.


This idiom is used in various ways.

For example, a person could be up a tree regarding retirement.

Their doctor tells them that it is time to retire, but their bank account says that they do not have enough money.

They now have a conundrum which has no easy solution.


This post is understandable by someone with at least a 6th-grade education (age 11).  

On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 82.  

The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.



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