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Definition of Upstairs

Upstairs

  1. Up the stairs; in or toward an upper story.
  2. Being above stairs; as, an upstairs room.

Upstairs Quotations

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.
Robert Frost

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.
Tennessee Williams

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.
M. C. Escher

His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
James M. Barrie

I remember, when I was a kid, watching my mother jam herself into her girdle - a piece of equipment so rigid it could stand up on its own - and I remember her coming home from fancy parties and racing upstairs to extricate herself from its cruel iron grip.
Susan Orlean
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Upstairs Translations

upstairs in Afrikaans is bo
upstairs in Danish is oven
upstairs in Dutch is boven
upstairs in French is dessus, sur
upstairs in Portuguese is acima
upstairs in Spanish is arriba

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