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
Tosia	TAW-shah	Polish
Jubal	JOO-bəl (English)	Biblical
ZezÉ	-	Portuguese
Gbemisola	-	Western African, Yoruba
Isma'il	-	Arabic
Adeline	a-də-LEEN (French), AD-ə-lien (English)	French, English