Definition of be up the boo-eye

up the boo-eye

adjective

in trouble. A New Zealand expression. From the Puhoi river, north of Auckland. Originally the expression was "Up the Puhoi without a paddle". Similar to being "up shit creek without a paddle."

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Last edited on Dec 15 2013. Submitted by Dick Wright-Upham from Wellington, New Zealand on Dec 02 2010.

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Other terms relating to 'boo':
boo	Definitions include: anything, in speech.
boo boo	Definitions include: a mistake.
boo bunny	Definitions include: a back up booty call person
boo-coo	Definitions include: a great quantity.
boo hoo	Definitions include: onomatopoeia for the sound of a person crying.
boo jank	Definitions include: a term given to a person that has not yet be title as a boyfriend or girlfriend.
boo love	Definitions include: to spend time with a significant other.
boo ya	Definitions include: it means good, used like hell yah.
boo-yah	Definitions include: a very fine woman; a woman with very nice buttocks; very nice buttocks.
grl boo	Definitions include: emphatic way of saying "no"; NO WAY.
(one's) boo	Definitions include: see boo.
take a boo	Definitions include: to take a look.
tickety-boo	Definitions include: going well; going smoothly.
Other terms relating to 'eye':
an eye for the laddies	Definitions include: attracted to young males.
apple of (one's) eye	Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others.
bat an eye	Definitions include: to conspicuously notice.
blue-eyed boy	Definitions include: a person's favorite person.
brown eye	Definitions include: the anus.
bug-eyed	Definitions include: having extremely large eyes.
bum's eye	Definitions include: a metaphorical "eye" that a person with no sense of style has.
easy on the eyes	Definitions include: attractive.
eye	Definitions include: to look at.
eye-bang	Definitions include: to look at a person lustfully.
eye broccoli	Definitions include: an unattractive person.
eyebrowsing	Definitions include: New technology using the movement of the eyes to browse the internet and control your computer, through a headset.
eye candy	Definitions include: an attractive person.
eye crusty	Definitions include: dried eye secretions, most commonly experienced upon waking from a night's sleep; "rheum"; "gound".
*eye-fck**	Definitions include: to look coyly and invitingly at.
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Other terms relating to 'the':
101 scoop, the	Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
2-10, the	Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
3rd degree, the	Definitions include: interrogation.
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
411, the	Definitions include: information.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
about the size of it	Definitions include: a good estimate.
ace in the hole	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
across the board	Definitions include: inclusive.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
against the clock	Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
ahead of the curve	Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
aim Archie at the adamant	Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun	Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
a little on the side	Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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