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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