all sixes and nines

all sixes and nines

Frazzled or disorganized. After caring for three sick kids all week, I'm all sixes and nines. I'm all sixes and nines now that the whole schedule has been rearranged. We're all sixes and nines after weeks of sleep deprivation with an infant.

See also: all, and, nine, six

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