Liisa and Markku are entirely different in temperament and constantly at sixes and sevens.
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Sevens
Synonyms for "sevens" (5 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- seiskapari noun (pair of sevens)
Russian
1 entries- семёрки noun (plural of 'seven')
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The orchestra played at sixes and sevens.
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Surprisingly, the number seven is consistently considered lucky, even for very different cultures. Everyone knows that in western casinos, a person wins at the slot machines if they get triple sevens, and seven is the most probable outcome of rolling two dice. But even the ancient Greeks thought seven was a special number.
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