set house in order

set one's house in order

Fig. to make certain that one's affairs are in proper legal order. Before we can ask for a bank loan, we have to set our house in order. I found an accountant who would help me set my house in order.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Stanka	-	Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian
Reinald	-	Ancient Germanic
Meital	-	Hebrew
Mattias	mah-TEE-ahs (German)	German, Swedish
Ji-Hun	jee-hoon	Korean
Obed	O-bed (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek