Meaning:
Someone is in a state of confusion or not very well organized.
Examples:
- Everyone seems to be at sixes and sevens.
- She does seem to be a bit at sixes and sevens.
- The whole house is at sixes and sevens.
- Well, you seem to be at sixes and sevens, so why don't we just leave it at this?
- Well, you seem to be at sixes and sevens, so why don't we just leave it at this?
- If the situation in Iraq had been discussed at the Seville Summit - as Mr Verhofstadt proposed - we might not be at sixes and sevens today.