not know if one is coming or going

not know if one is coming or going
not know whether one is coming or going & not know if one is coming or going
Fig. to be very confused. •

I'm so busy that I don't know if I'm coming or going.

You look as if you don't know whether you're coming or going.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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