balled up

*(all) balled up

troubled; confused; in a mess. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) John is all balled up because his car was stolen.

mod. confused; mixed up. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) That dame is so balled up she doesn’t know anything.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ernestine	['ə:nəsti:n]
Lenore	lə-NAWR	English
Iset	-	Egyptian Mythology
Aludra	-	Astronomy
Della	DEL-ə	English
Yoshiro	yo-shee-ṙo:	Japanese