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21 be at sixes and sevens
1) находиться в беспорядке; быть в запущенном состоянии [выражение впервые встречается в форме set on six and seven; искажённое set on cinque and sice поставить на самые большие номера при игре в кости, т. е. рискнуть всем, поставить всё на карту, беспечно относиться к последствиям своих поступков. Современная форма выражения установилась в XVIII в.]‘We had an awful rush today,’ Daphne explained wearily. ‘Fifty men for lunch and more for dinner, and everything In the kitchen at sixes and sevens.’ (K. S.Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. XXIV) — - Сегодня у нас опять выдался жаркий день, - объяснила Дафна устало. - К завтраку собралось пятьдесят человек, к обеду и того больше, в кухне все вверх дном.
‘She suits Ted all right,’ he observed after they'd gone. ‘But I can't say I'd be happy with a woman who had everything so taped.’ ‘You mean I'm all at sixes and sevens’, said Phyl, intending to speak in jest, but finding a certain asperity in her tone. (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitation’, ch. 22) — - В общем, они друг другу подходят, - сказал Джефф, когда Гендерсоны ушли, - но я бы с такой женой не ужился, больно она чистенькая и аккуратненькая, все по полочкам раскладывает. - А я, значит, не чистенькая и не аккуратненькая? - пошутила Фил, но к шутке невольно примешалась горечь.
2) расходиться (во мнениях, вкусах и т. п.)‘We're all at sixes and sevens,’ cried Weatherley one day in despair... ‘Unless we're careful, the project will drop to pieces.’ (W. Locke, ‘The House of Baltazar’, ch. XVIII) — - У нас у всех разные мнения, - однажды воскликнул Уэзерли в отчаянии... - Если мы не будем действовать осторожно, то наш проект провалится.
They are still at sixes and sevens about this question. And they are... all at sixes and sevens with their various private speculations. (B. Shaw, ‘Back to Methuselah’, ‘Preface’) — Они всё еще не могут договориться по этому вопросу. И они все... запутались в своих многочисленных домыслах.
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