American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases […]

[devil to pay] {n. phr.} Great trouble. - Used after "the". […]

[put to it] {adj. phr.} Hard pressed; having trouble; in difficulty; […]

[up a tree] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. Hunted or chased […]

[up the creek] or [up the creek without a paddle] {adj. […]