It is used to describe a state of confusion or disarray. If you are all at sixes and sevens with yourself, you are disorganized and in a fluster.
it means to be in a state of confusion of disarray
Things are going as usual. Derived from Golf in that an average amateur golfer goes from hole to hole scoring his same old mediocre score of sixes and sevens.This comes from england. To be "at sixes and sevens" is a British English idiom used to describe a state of confusion or disarray
les années soixante - les sixties
Technically, "sixes" although in practice one would say "groups of six".
I believe it is a spin-off of the term "dressed to the nines" which means to be very fashionably dressed. Being "dressed to the sevens" is a term made popular by ads for the new Tide Total Care detergent which show the seven signs of beautiful clothes and it implies that you can look your very best on an everyday level.
A group of six (things) is a sextet.
"Sixes and sevens" describes a state of confusion. The opposition has you in a spot of bother.
the house was at sixes and sevens as we moved in
One idiom that uses the word sixes is "at sixes and sevens" which means lost in bewilderment or at a loose end. For example someone who is dazed or confused could be described as at sixes and sevens.
He was all sixes and sevens.
The idiom, at sixes and sevens means that you are in a state of panic, confusion and uncertainty. You could use this idiom in a sentence by saying, she was at sixes and sevens as to whether or not to tell her best friend that her husband was being unfaithful.
Chloe and Claire at Sixes and Sevens - 2014 was released on: USA: 2014 (limited)
Seven and two sixes.
The cast of At Sixes and Sevens - 2009 includes: Kara Davidson as Jess Pearson Jason Francis as Doctor Christine Lesiak as Company President
There are four sixes and four sevens
Captain Keller is expressing that there is chaos and disorder in the house all day because of the child. The phrase "at sixes and sevens" suggests a state of confusion and disarray, indicating that the child's presence is causing turmoil and disruption in the household.
there are 4 of each.
At sixes and sevens is a state of disorder and confusion; higgledy-piggledy.