What does 'at sixes and sevens' mean?

[nq:1]What does 'at sixes and sevens' mean?[/nq]
http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-six1.htm
First item returned by a Google search on "sixes and sevens."

Bob Lieblich
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[nq:1]What does 'at sixes and sevens' mean?[/nq]
Confused or undecided or indecisive.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)

[nq:2]What does 'at sixes and sevens' mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]Confused or undecided or indecisive.[/nq]
Actually, I always wondered about nines. (Sir Mick and the Twin: "Honey, got no money, I'm all sixes and sevens and nines!") ^^
That supposed to be the nines from "dressed to the nines"?

N.

[nq:2]Confused or undecided or indecisive.[/nq]
[nq:1]Actually, I always wondered about nines. (Sir Mick and the Twin: "Honey, got no money, I'm all sixes and sevens and nines!")[/nq]^^
[nq:1]That supposed to be the nines from "dressed to the nines"?[/nq]
No, it's from "the whole nine yards".
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Ross Howard

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[nq:2]What does 'at sixes and sevens' mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]I might be mistaken- but I always thought it meant 'About the dressing up and going out on the town ... have no recollection of where I picked this up- or if It is anything like what the actual meaning is.[/nq]
It's funny what lengths the human mind will go to try to make sense out of something, isn't it?

- at sixes and sevens

Donna Richoux filted:
[nq:1]- at sixes and sevens : being in disorder Our AUE Website has links, through the Search field, to many ... me, for example, to this article by Michael Quinion: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-six1.htm who says it is probably from the game of hazard.[/nq]
Hmmm...I would

[nq:1]Donna Richoux filted:[/nq]
[nq:2]Our AUE Website has links, through the Search field, to ... who says it is probably from the game of hazard.[/nq]
[nq:1]Hmmm...I would have guessed multiplication tables...the sixes and sevens are where it starts to get difficult for young cipherers, and the point where counting on one's fingers becomes pointless..r[/nq]
I always thought it was to

[nq:2]Donna Richoux filted: Hmmm...I would have guessed multiplication tables...the sixes ... and the point where counting on one's fingers becomes pointless..r[/nq]
[nq:1]I always thought it was to do with the livery companies of the City of London. The Skinners and another ... of the companies) and this led to ructions and considerable confusion. Eventually, they agreed to swap rankings once

[nq:2]I always thought it was to do with the livery ... confusion. Eventually, they agreed to swap rankings once a year.[/nq]
[nq:1]You just made that up, didn't you. Hmm, perhaps you didn't. If you had, you'd have come up with a ... if it's not a frequently asked question we can take turns asking it frequently to get it in the FAQ.)[/nq]
The other day I was reading The Complete Book of He