up the pole

Meaning

(slang) In favour or good repute; strait-laced.

(slang) In confusion or error.

(slang) In trouble or difficulty.

(slang, archaic) Drunk.

(slang, US, military, dated) Teetotal; not drinking any alcohol.

(slang) Crazy; at one's wits' end.

(slang, Ireland, dated) Pregnant.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

bats enceinte round the bend with child mentally ill childing

Examples

Writers are like eremites or anchorites - natural-born eremites or anchorites - who seem puzzled as to why they went up the pole or into the cave in the first place. Joy Williams

Words in the phrase

up the pole

Close letter words and terms

up the gut up the kyte up the Oxo Tower up the proverbial up the river up the seat