お手て上あげ

noun

giving up; being at a loss; throwing in the towel

Expresses a state of helplessness or resignation when one has exhausted all options. Often used in the phrase お手上げだ or お手上げになる. The literal image is of raising one's hands in surrender.

• この問もん題だいは難むずかしすぎて、もうお手て上あげだ。

  This problem is too difficult; I'm completely at a loss.

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