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
Lamya	-	Arabic
Penelope	pə-NEL-ə-pee (English)	Greek Mythology, English
ValÉRia	-	Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak
Calvagh	-	Irish
Tengiz	-	Georgian
Ikenna	-	Western African, Igbo