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at sixes and sevens





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So, that's their first aim here and if it's 11 v 11 then Chelsea can hurt Liverpool, even without Cole Palmer, because the Reds are at sixes and sevens at the back.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

“He’s at sixes and sevens right now,” Faldo says.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 1, 2020

Netflix and Marvel have been at sixes and sevens since late summer, when Disney announced that its feature films, including Marvel movies, would only appear on their upcoming over-the-top streaming service, not Netflix.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2018

Toby Flood was, still is, a player stuck at sixes and sevens, his steady play usually good enough to guarantee a passing mark out of ten, scarcely less and rarely more.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2013

Then Mrs. Popper had to scrub and polish and straighten the whole place, for she was much too good a housekeeper to leave everything at sixes and sevens while the Poppers were away.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater