| English | Russian |
| up a creek without a puddle | попасть в переделку (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| up a creek without a puddle | быть в жопе (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| up someone's alley | быть в кругу чьих-либо интересов (Taras) |
| up someone's alley | быть в кругу чьих-либо способностей (Taras) |
| up and about | встал (с постели, после сна, не обязательно после болезни: 'So you're up and about, are you?' she boomed. 'I thought you'd be in bed, snoring your head off.' (P.G. Wodehouse)) – Ты уже встал?
ART Vancouver) |
| up and about | поправиться после болезни (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| up and about | быть на ногах (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| up one's game | улучшать своё мастерство (Taras) |
| up one's game | постараться, приложить больше усилий, улучшить (kotofyr) |
| up in arms | встречать в штыки (We heard the news over the radio at lunch break and I tell you, we were really up in arms about it. PetruhaXI) |
| up one side and down the other | тщательно (markovka) |
| up shits creek | попасть в переделку (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| up the ante | ужесточать наказание (on someone: The new law ups the ante on people who cheat on their taxes.) |
| up the ante | рискнуть (WhatIfSports was a side project of a couple of sports fans working for a computer consulting company in Cincinnati, Ohio. After numerous lunchroom debates on which great historical baseball teams would win if they could play each other, a few guys decided to up the ante [and] undertake the challenge of trying to write an advanced baseball simulator ... that would work on a website.  wikipedia.org) |
| up the ante | задавать новый уровень (on something – чего-либо: The film ups the ante on special effects.) |
| up the ante | усложнять задачу (себе или кому-то другому: When runners cross-train for events, they often up the ante by running on sand. • At the same time, leaders of the sport have continued to up the ante, organizing harder and longer races.) |
| up to a thing or two | себе на уме (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| up to the job | справляться (Though some of her spy trainers were unsure whether Khan was up to the job, she was given a dangerous mission VLZ_58) |
