tie in knots

Meaning

1. tie sb / yourself (up) in knots

   to become or make sb very confused

In the movies · 16

• And teaching them to tie these knots?The Croods: A New Age2020
• Are you goin' to tie a knot in it?My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown1989
• Anyway, once Claire and Sack tie the knot...Wedding Crashers2005
• He's not only given us the rope, he's tied the knot.Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• Who would've thought that this incorrigible gadabout would ever tie the knot?The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part2019
• Well we could just take Gobber s advice and tie the knotHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019
• Oh, and a paisley tie, sweet Windsor knot.Zootopia2016
• - What the hell? - I tied those knots! That's my specialty!Sin City2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift

From the same entry

• tie one on
• tie the knot
• apron strings
• bind hand and foot
• have your hands tied
• tie down
• tie in
• tie off
• tie up
• tie up
• tie up