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
Osborn	['ɔzbən]
Rosita	ro-SEE-tah	Spanish
Shanika	shə-NEE-kə	African American (Modern)
Gus (2)	GUS	Greek
Evgenij	-	Macedonian
Abigayle	AB-i-gayl	English (Modern)