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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]Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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