at sixes and sevens
In total disarray
At sixes and sevens describes a state of confusion, disorder, or disagreement.
Things left at sixes and sevens are jumbled or unsettled: The office was at sixes and sevens after the merger announcement.
People at sixes and sevens with each other are in conflict or unable to agree: The committee remains at sixes and sevens over the budget.
- upside downReversed in vertical orientation
- confusedUnable to understand
- all at seaThoroughly perplexed and lost
- at a lossPerplexed, without direction
- topsy-turvyInverted or disordered
messy · shambolic · untidy · disorganized · in a pickle · chaotic · all over the place · in disarray · out of whack · at odds · perplexity · higgledy-piggledy · bewilderment · discombobulated · up in the air · disorderly · muddle · dazed
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- Number Phrasesone and only, two cents, three strikes, four corners, five senses
at sixes and sevenscomposed
Calm and self-possessed
collected · calm · together · unruffled · clear-headed
at sixes and sevensin agreement
Sharing a position
of one mind · on the same page · in accord · in harmony · united
seven, sixes, sevens, seventh, sixfold, sevenfold, sixteen, seventeen, seventy