UPATREE

Screwed

• Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten ___... (Misty line)

• As helpless as a kitten, in song

• At bay, in a way

• Cornered

• Cornered, like a cat: 3 wds.

• Done for

• Helpless

• In a difficult situation

• In a tough jam

• In an embarrassing situation: 3 wds.

• In hot water

• In hot water, say

• In trouble

• Like a cornered cat

• Out on a limb

• Powerless to progress

• Stuck

• Stuck, in a way

• Stumped

• Stumped, informally

• Trapped

• Trapped in branches

• Trapped, like kitty

• Unable to escape

• Unable to flee

• Untenably positioned