"Higgledy-piggledy" nghĩa là gì?


"Higgledy-piggledy" -> nghĩa là hỗn loạn, rối loạn, mất trật tự.

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The 83-year-old said living for the last two years in a "higgledy-piggledy" house in the middle of the northern French countryside meant he had no interruptions (gián đoạn) and allowed him to paint without distraction.

There are three types of room, 12 in total: five colourful bedrooms with William Morris & Pierre Frey wallpaper in the higgledy-piggledy upper floors of the townhouse; four in the forge (xưởng rèn) at the back, which were under construction when I visited; and three cottages in the courtyard, where I stayed.

Faded fishing boats bob in the water at Marina Grande, while behind them ice-cream-coloured houses in shades of pistachio (cây hồ trăn), peach, raspberry and lemon are precariously perched, higgledy-piggledy, around the bay. 

An ill wind of dwindling (nhỏ lại) revenues, the pandemic and a six-figure building repair bill means that Arthur Beale is to next month close the doors to the famously higgledy-piggledy shop which made it one of the capital’s oldest businesses.  

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