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
Adele	[ə'del]
Reto	-	German (Swiss)
Siran	-	Armenian
Raginmar	-	Ancient Germanic
Zeynab	-	Azerbaijani, Persian
Theo	[θi:əu]