up in the air
In great anger or excitement.
My father went straight up in the air when he heard I damaged the car.
The Jones family are all up in the air because they are taking a trip around the world.
Not settled; uncertain; undecided.
Не устойчивый; не определенный; не решенный.
Plans for the next meeting have been left up in the air until Jane gets better.
I can't give you a definite answer yet; the project is still up in the air.
Я не могу дать тебе определенный ответ, проект еще в разработке.
up one's sleeve
in one's sleeve
Hidden in the sleeve of one's shirt or coat and ready for secret or wrongful use.
The crooked gambler hid aces up his sleeve during the card game so that he would win.
Kept secretly ready for the right time or for a time when needed.
Козырь в рукаве, запасной вариант.
Jimmy knew that his father had some trick up his sleeve because he was smiling to himself during the checker game.
If that medicine doesn’t work, I’ve got some other ways of treating you up my sleeve.
Если это лекарство не сработает, у меня есть еще кое-что в запасе.
up to the chin in
in --- up to the chin
Used also with ears, elbows, eyes or knees instead of chin, and with a possessive instead of the.
Having a big or important part in; guilty of; not innocent of; deeply in.
Having a big or important part in; guilty of; not innocent of; deeply in.
Was Tom mixed up in that trouble last night? He was up to his ears in it.
Mr. Johnson is up to the eyes in debt.
Mrs. Smith is in debt up to her chin.
Very busy with; working hard at.
Bob is up to his neck in homework.
They are up to their elbows in business before Christmas.
Having very much or many of; flooded with.
Mary was up to her knees in invitations to go to parties.
up to the last minute
Until the last possible moment; until the very end.
When I try to send in an important eyewitness report from the scene of a major accident, I must keep working up to the last minute.
up-and-coming
Bound toward success; upwardly mobile; progressive; ambitious.
The newly elected state senator is an up-and-coming young politician who is expected to be highly successful in national politics in the future.
up-to-date
up-to-the-minute
up to date
Modern; contemporary; the latest that technology can offer.
Hyphens (-) separate the parts of this idiom when it precedes a noun form.
Hyphens (-) separate the parts of this idiom when it precedes a noun form.
"I want an up-to-date dictionary of American idioms," Mr. Lee said, "that has all the latest Americanisms in it."
The president insisted that the company bring its aging equipment up to date.
This catalog is not up to date. It was published several years ago.
The news program gave an up-to-date account of the nuclear accident. The newscaster said that he would update the news report every half hour.
urban homesteading
Renovation and occupation through cooperative ownership by tenants of previously abandoned city apartment buildings.
Urban homesteading is on the rise in many big American cities these days.
use every trick in the book
To avail oneself of any means at all in order to achieve one's goal, not exclusive of possibly immoral or illegal acts.
Algernon used every trick in the book to get Maxine to go out with him, but she kept refusing.