At Sixes and Sevens
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Adjective
- In a state of confusion.
- 1912, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Poison Island, ch. 23,
- Oh, what a racket! And everything on deck apparently at sixes and sevens. Mail-bags and passengers mixed up in every direction.
- 1912, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Poison Island, ch. 23,
- In a state of dispute or disagreement.
- 1911, Jack London, Adventure, ch. 6,
- 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.
- 1976, Tim Rice, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
- All you will see is a girl you once knew, although she's dressed up to the nines, at sixes and sevens with you.
- 1911, Jack London, Adventure, ch. 6,