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
Morgaine	-	Arthurian Romance
Berengaria	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Kshathra Vairya	-	Persian Mythology
CÓEmgein	KEE-veen, KWEE-vin	Irish
Maja (2)	MIE-ah (German, Polish)	Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Czech, Slovak
Amarachi	-	Western African, Igbo