be up a stump

be up a stump
1) находиться в растерянности, растеряться, не знать, как поступить, что делать [первонач. амер.]

...I gave up the idea of a circus, and concluded he was from an asylum. But we never came to an asylum - so I was up a stump... (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ‘A Word of Explanation’) — ...скоро я понял, что незнакомец не из цирка, и пришел к выводу, что он сбежал из сумасшедшего дома. Но никакого сумасшедшего дома поблизости не оказалось, и я стал в тупик...

2) быть в (денежном) затруднении

Look here, Uncle Soames, I'm up a stump. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The White Monkey’, part I, ch. XII) — Знаете, дядя Сомс, я вылетел в трубу.

If I'm up a stump I'll take care of it myself. (S. Bellow, ‘The Adventure of Augte March’, ch. XI) — Если я попаду в беду, то сама и выпутаюсь из нее как-нибудь.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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