おてあげ

お手上げ

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

N5Common wordNoun
Noun
being done forgiving upbeing in a hopeless situationnot knowing what to dobeing brought to one's kneesthrowing up (one's) hands

Example Sentences

お手上げだ。

I'm at a complete loss!

本当にお手上げだ。

I'm really up a tree.

まったくお手上げだ。

Everything's a little crazy right now.

この問題にはお手上げだ。

This problem baffles me.

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(とき)、会社はもうお手上げの状況だった。

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