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up against
run up against
Blocked or threatened by.
Столкнуться с трудностями; находиться в угрожающем положении.
Dorothy was up against it because she hadn’t passed her test in Math.
Дороти столкнулась с неприятностями, потому что она не сдала экзамен по математике.
When she applied to medical school, the black woman wondered whether she was up against barriers of sex and race prejudice.
up and about
up and around
out and about
Recovered and able to move about; once again in good health after an illness.
Восстановить силы и быть в состоянии действовать снова; быть на ногах.
I am feeling tired because I have been up and around since five o’clock in the morning.
Я устал, потому что я с 5 утра на ногах.
My cousin has undergone a serious operation, but now she is up and about again.
Моя двоюродная сестра перенесла тяжелю операцию, но сейчас она снова на ногах.
My sister was ill for several weeks, but is now up and about again.
up and at them
Actively engaged in a task as if doing combat.
"You want to know whether he will make a diligent worker?" Dick asked. "Well, I can tell you that most of the time he is up and at them like no one else I know."
To become aggressively engaged in doing something; (useable as a command).
Come on, up and at them, you guys. We still have a lot of work to get done.
up for grabs
be up for grabs
Available for anyone to try to get; ready to be competed for; there for the taking.
Did you know that Senator Stone is retiring and that her Senate seat is up for grabs?
When one of the full-time contract instructors stepped down, her nice office overlooking the river was up for grabs.
When the captain of the football team moved out of town, his place was up for grabs.
up in arms
Equipped with guns or weapons and ready to fight.
All of the colonies were up in arms against the Redcoats.
Very angry and wanting to fight.
Robert is up in arms because John said he was stupid.
The students were up in arms over the new rule against food in the dormitory.
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.
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.
Plans for the next meeting have been left up in the air until Jane gets better.
up the creek
up the creek without a paddle
In trouble or difficulty and unable to do anything about it; stuck.
Father said that if the car ran out of gas in the middle of the desert, we would be up the creek without a paddle.
I'll be up the creek if I don't pass this history test.
up to one's ears
Immersed in; covered with.
"Around final examination time," Professor Brown explained, "I am always up to my ears in work."
I’d love to take a week off for a hiking trip, but at the moment I am over my head in work. Maybe next week when I’m only up to my ears!