in a difficult situation.

If the insurance company won't pay for the damage, I'll be up a tree.

Etymology: based on the idea that some animals climb up a tree to avoid danger

• a blot on the landscape
• a blow job
• a blue-eyed boy
• a bodice-ripper
• a body blow
• a bolt from the blue
• a bone of contention
• a bone to pick with
• a bone to pick with someone
• a bon mot
• a bon viveur
• a bossy boots
• a bottomless pit
• about ears
• about person
• about someone's ears
• about time
• About time too!
• about to
• about your person
• above all
• above all else
• above and beyond
• above and beyond something
• above and beyond the call of duty