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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Idiom

Hi,

is this sentence correct?

She was at sixes and sevens to be given flowers.

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Dan
  

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Not a very common idiom. But yes, it does make sense. "At sixes and sevens" is a quite uncommon (nowadays) idiom which means to be confused.

— Akshay Bilolikar

  • Not a very common idiom.
  • But yes, it does make sense.
  • "At sixes and sevens" is a quite uncommon (nowadays) idiom which means to be confused.
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Not a very common idiom. But yes, it does make sense. "At sixes and sevens" is a quite uncommon (nowadays) idiom which means to be confused.
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Hi,

If you mean 'Do you understand the intended meaning?', I don't.

You are not using the idiom correctly. It means basically 'she was disordered, in disarray, untidy'

Clive
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It seems that opinions are split on this one. Is this a case of a BrE/AmE difference?

I guess Clive is American. What about you, Akshay?
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