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单词 at sixes and sevens
释义
at sixes and sevens

in disorder, confused, or in a muddle

[originally in Middle English in the form set (or stand) on six and seven, meaning ‘to gamble all one's possessions’. Association with a 15th-cent. dispute between two livery companies over which should come sixth and which seventh in ceremonial processions, in which they eventually agreed to take turns, is not the true origin.]
Main Entry: six
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