at sixes and sevens

短语

乱七八糟, 不和

发音

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别名

at six and seven

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    In a state of confusion.

    乱七八糟

    混乱

    横七竖八

    爱尔兰 英国 习语

    Yet if his majesty our sovereign lord Should of his own accord Friendly himself invite, And say "I'll be your guest to-morrow night." How should we stir ourselves, call and command All hands to work! Let no man idle stand. … For 'tis a duteous thing To show all honour to an earthly king, And after all our travail and our cost, So he be pleas'd, to think no labour lost. But at the coming of the King of Heaven All's set at six and seven: We wallow in our sin, Christ cannot find a chamber in the inn. We entertain him always like a stranger, And as at first still lodge him in the manger.

  2. 2.

    In a state of dispute or disagreement.

    吵架

    不和

    习语

词源

From earlier on six and seven, from Middle English on sixe and sevene, of unknown origin, though it may have originated from the game of hazard and the Old French cinc (“five”) and sis (“six”), the riskiest numbers to shoot for, which were either misheard as as "six" and "seven" or increased by one each as a form of exaggeration.

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