at sixes and sevens

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at sixes and sevens

lost in bewilderment; at loose ends. Mrs. Smith is at sixes and sevens since the death of her husband. Bill is always at sixes and sevens when he's home by himself.

See also: and, seven, six

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Well, whatever you do, if he's a lazy good-for-nought, everything'll be at sixes and sevens. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Her quick mind and changing moods bewildered him, while her outlook on life was so different from what he conceived a woman's outlook should be, that he was more often than not at sixes and sevens with her. Adventure by London, Jack View in context The coach rumbled up to the piazza of the tavern, followed by a thousand people; for if any man had been minding his own business till then, he now left it at sixes and sevens, to hear the news. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			at most at mother's knee at night at no time at odds at once at one fell swoop at one sitting at one time at one time or another at own game at pains to at peace at peace with at play at point-blank range at present at random at regular intervals at request at rest at risk at sea at sea level at service at sixes and sevens at some time sharp at stake at that rate at the appointed time at the back of beyond at the back of mind at the best of times at the bottom of the heap at the bottom of the hour at the bottom of the ladder at the chalkface at the coalface at the crack of dawn at the cutting edge at the double at the drop of a hat at the eleventh hour at the end of nowhere at the end of rope at the end of the day at the expense of at the forefront at the hands of at the height of at the helm			at sea at sea at sea at sea at sea level At Sea Observer Program At Sea Tactical Exercise At second hand at service at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at short notice at side at side at side at side AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight AT Sight at sign at sign at sign at signs at signs at signs at sixes and sevens at some length at some time sharp at someone's mercy at square one at square one at square one at stake at stake at stake at stake AT Still University of Health Sciences at strain at strain at strain at strain at stud at stud at stud at swords' points at swords' points at swords' points At symbol At symbol At symbol at that at that at that place at that rate at that rate at that rate

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