at sixes and sevens

Meaning

1. in confusion; not well organized

In the movies · 78

• Well, the whole house is at sixes and sevens. We don't want any more mess.Howards End1992
• I don't know. Six or seven.The Menu2022
• Thank you now. Six, now seven.Widows2018
• Scene six, take seven.Living in Oblivion1995
• See how the land lies in six years, seven years.In Bruges2008
• One and two are online Six and seven will be on tomorrowTranscendence2014
• Five, six, seven...Whiplash2014
• Six, seven hours.Happy Death Day 2U2019

Learn it in full scenes

• The Menu2022
  • Guests Board the Boat to Hawthorn
  • Tyler Explains Why Chefs Are Artists
  • Slowik Serves the Island Course

From the same entry

• be six feet under
• hit for six
• it's six of one and half a dozen of the other