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all sixes and nines en · ADP
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(idiomatic) In a state of confusion.
Dear Kori,
I'm all sixes and nines ... whatever that means. Fragments of me are loosely hanging together.
2015 June 15, Kathari Findlen, Meeting in the Space Between: A Story of Grief, Grace and Gratitude, Balboa Press, →ISBN, →OCLC:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, sixes, and, nines.
Do you see anything funny about the tail number? It is all sixes and nines!
2008, G. E McIlmoyle, L. R. Bromley, Remembering the Dragon Lady, People Stories Unlimited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 443:
Relateds
sixes and nines · at sixes and sevens