tie into knots

Confuse, upset, or bewilder, as in He tied himself into knots when he tried to explain how the engine works. This metaphoric idiom transfers a knotted tangle to mental confusion. [Late 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aegle	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Vassilis	-	Greek
Batari	-	Indonesian
Jelisaveta	-	Serbian
PÄIvi	PIE-vee	Finnish
Storm	STORM (English)	English (Modern), Danish, Norwegian