{"id":7241,"date":"2019-11-13T17:13:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T22:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getmorevocab.com\/?p=7241"},"modified":"2022-02-11T00:32:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T05:32:16","slug":"11-idioms-for-talking-about-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getmorevocab.com\/11-idioms-for-talking-about-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Idioms for Talking About Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"
One way to improve your English is by limiting your use of overused adjectives like confused <\/em>or confusing.<\/em><\/p>\n What can you say instead? Try one of these 11 idioms.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in learning more idioms, check out the\u00a0idioms and phrasal verb section<\/a> of the site.<\/p>\n If you are mixed up<\/em> about something, it means that you are confused.<\/p>\n “Whenever we change the clocks for daylight savings time, I get mixed up and can’t figure out what time it is.”<\/p>\n “I’m a little mixed up. Is our meeting on Thursday or Friday?”<\/p>\n Mixed up<\/em> can also mean to think that one person or thing is another person or thing. (MacMillan Dictionary<\/a>)<\/p>\n “The server mixed up our orders. My salad and my wife’s cheeseburger went to another table.”<\/p>\n “I’m sure parents of twins can eventually tell their kids apart, but I can’t imagine not getting them mixed up when they are newborns.”<\/p>\n We can also use mix-up<\/em> as a noun to talk about a confusing situation, usually one that results from confusing one thing\/person with another.<\/p>\n “You may have seen in the news that a vaccine mix-up led to many children getting the wrong shots at a local hospital.”<\/p>\n “Realizing he was innocent, the police apologized for the mix-up and released the man from custody.”<\/p>\nmixed up (adj.), mix-up (n.)<\/h2>\n