at sixes and sevens, adj. phr.
Confused or disorganized. Some people believe this idiom came from a dice game where rolling a six or a seven had significance. This old idiom was used by Chaucer in 1374. Colloquial.
• It seemed the world was at sixes and sevens that year.
• Pardon the mess. We just moved into this office two weeks ago, so we’re still at sixes and sevens around here.
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