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• Upset the apple cart.
To create difficulty.
• Under a cloud.
If someone is suspected of having done something wrong, they are under a cloud.
• Under fire.
If someone is being attacked and criticized heavily, they are under fire.
• Under your nose.
If something happens right in front of you, especially if it is surprisisng or audacious, it
happens under your nose.
• Up for grabs.
If something is up for grabs, it is available and whoever first or is successful will get it.
• Up to the neck.
If someone’s in something up to the neck, they are very involved in it, especially when it’s something wrong.
• Up a river without a paddle.
If you up a river without a paddle, you are in an unfortunate situation, unprepared and with none of the
resources to remedy the matter.
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